§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the latest estimate known to his Department of the cost of making good structural defects in local authority flats.
§ Mr. John PattenThe Department's recent inquiry into the condition of the local authority housing stock in England showed that local authorities estimated that the flats they owned required expenditure of £613 million on structural repairs (that is to foundations and to load-bearing walls, frames, floors and roofs).