§ Mr. O'HaraTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will estimate how many pensioners live in(a) pre-1989 regulated tenancies in the private sector and (b) pre-1989 housing association secure tenancies. [48554]
§ Ms ArmstrongThe Survey of English Housing gives the following estimates:
Pensioner households with regulated and secure tenancies in England: annual averages, year ending March 1997 Number Pre-1989 private sector regulated tenancies 166,000 Pre-1989 housing association secure tenancies 137,000 Notes:
1. Pensioner householders are defined as those where the householder, and their partner if they have one, are both over the State pension age, that is 65 for men and 60 for women
2. Like all estimates from samples surveys, these figures are subject to sampling variability