HC Deb 25 October 1983 vol 47 c70W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many households are estimated to be living in overcrowded conditions at the most recent date for which figures are available; and how this compares with May 1979.

Sir George Young

In England the 1981 census showed 557,000 households living in permanent buildings at densities of more than 1 person per room compared with 930,000 in 1971. No information is available for 1979.