§ Mrs. Ann Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will estimate the total sums spent by United Kingdom householders on (a) repairs to their properties and (b) improvements to their properties in each of the last five years for which figures are available at current values.
§ Sir George YoungInformation in the form requested is not available. However the Department has information for 1981 from the "English House Condition Survey", which indicated that £5.9 billion was spent by households of all tenures in England on their homes in that year. The statistics do not distinguish between improvements and repairs.
§ Mrs. Ann Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will estimate the total value of housing repairs and improvements with publicly funded grants carried out by firms engaged in construction work during the last three years for which figures are available.
§ Sir George YoungThe information requested for the last three years is not available. However, from information available for 1983, the Department estimates that the total value of grant-assisted work was around £1,400 million, of which some 90 per cent. was for work carried out by firms engaged in construction.