§ Mr. ButlerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has on the number and distribution of leasehold houses.
§ Mr. ChopeThe English house condition survey estimated that there were 1 million leasehold houses in England in 1986.
The highest concentrations were in the north-west (50 per cent.) and the west Midlands and Yorkshire and Humberside (15 per cent. each). The inter-censal survey for Wales in 1986 estimated that there were about 87,000 leasehold houses in Wales.