§ Mr. Leightonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what percentage of the houses in the private sector of the London borough of Newham are either unfit or lack standard amenities; and how this compares with other local authorities in the United Kingdom;
(2) how many substandard dwellings there are in the London borough of Newham.
§ Sir George YoungAbout 23,000 dwellings in Newham were substandard, id est were unfit or were fit but lacked basic amenities, at 1 April 1982 according to the local authority's own estimates given in its 1982 housing investment programme return. In the private sector, about 44 per cent. of dwellings in Newham were substandard and corresponding figures for each English local authority area are in the 1982 HIP returns, which are available in the Library. Overall, these returns estimate 9.4 per cent. of private dwellings in England were substandard.