§ Mr. Hargreavesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many houses in Hyndburn are classified as requiring repairs costing more than £7,000, as defined by the English House Condition Survey 1981; and what is the estimated cost of putting these deficiencies to rights;
(2) how many houses in Hyndburn are classified as requiring repairs costing between £2,500 and £7,000, as defined by the English House Condition Survey 1981; and what is the estimated cost of putting these deficiencies to rights;
(3) how many houses in Hyndburn are classified as unfit for habitation as defined by the English House Condition Survey 1981; and what is the estimated cost of putting these deficiencies to rights.
§ Sir George YoungEstimates are not available at district level corresponding to those for England derived from the detailed inspection of a sample of dwellings in the 1981 House Condition Survey.
Local authorities' 1984 housing investment programme returns included, for 1 April, their estimates of dwellings in their areas in three categories, unfit, fit but lacking basic amenities, and not substandard but requiring more than £3,000 of repairs; copies of these returns are available in the Library. The numbers reported by local authorities are not necessarily comparable as their criteria may differ and in total the figures are not consistent with estimates from the English House Condition Survey.