§ Mr. RookerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list, for every local authority in England, the number of non-sheltered housing units for the elderly started by(a) local authorities, (b) housing associations and (c) the private sector in 1989;
(2) if he will list, for each local authority in England, the number of sheltered housing units started by (a) local authorities, (b) housing associations and (c) the private sector in 1989.
§ Mr. YeoThe available figures for starts of newly-built dwellings of these types are published in table 11 of "Local Housing Statistics: England and Wales, No. 94, July 1990", a copy of which is in the Library. Local authorities also report the number of their own dwellings which have been converted or improved to provide dwellings suitable for the elderly, both sheltered and other, and this is listed in table 13 of the above publication.
§ Mr. RookerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list, for each local authority area in England, the number of specialist housing units for chronically sick and disabled people provided by(a) local authorities, (b) housing associations and (c) the private sector as of 1989–90;
(2) if he will list, for each local authority in England, the number of specialist units of accommodation available for elderly people provided by (a) local authorities, (b) housing associations and (c) the private sector as of 1989–90.
§ Mr. YeoLocal authorities report the number of their own dwellings, and estimates of those owned by housing152W associations and in the private sector, which have been specially designed or adapted for use by the elderly or disabled in their annual Housing Investment Programme returns (HIP1). The available figures for 1 April 1990 appear in "1990 HIP1 All Items Print". Local authority dwellings for the elderly appear in columns A2a1 (sheltered) and A2b1 (others) and for the disabled in columns A2c1 (wheelchair) and A2d1 (other). The small number of dwellings owned by the local authorities outside their areas are shown at columns A2a6 to A2d6. Corresponding figures for housing associations and the private sector appear in columns A2a2 to A2d2, and columns A2a4 to A2d4 respectively. A copy of the document is in the Library.
§ Mr. RookerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each local authority in England, the number of households assessed as needing specialist accommodation for(a) the elderly and (b) the disabled, in 1989–90.
§ Mr. YeoLocal authorities report estimates of the number of households in their area who require specialist elderly or disabled dwellings in their annual housing investment programme returns (HIP1). The available figures for 1 April 1990 appear in columns B2a1 and B2b1 respectively, of "1990 HIP1 All Items Print". A copy of the document is in the Library.