§ Mr. SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of housing stock is unfit for habitation or in serious disrepair, in each standard region; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BaldryThe latest reliable figures on the percentage of unfit dwellings in each English standard region arc presented in the table. The figures are from the 1986 English house condition survey and relate to the fitness standard in operation prior to the changes made in the Local Government and Housing Act 1989. Data on the percentage of dwellings in serious disrepair are not available at standard region level from this survey.
Region Percent Unfit North 5.4 Yorkshire/Humberside 5.8 North West 6.1 East Midlands 4.8 West Midlands 6.7 South West 4.1 East Anglia 4.3 Inner London 5.5 Outer London 3.9 Rest of the South East 3.1 Total England 4.8