§ Lord Monkswellasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many United Kingdom households have homes with three or more bedrooms; and [HL777]
How many United Kingdom households with two or more children live in homes with fewer than three bedrooms. [HL778]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter to Lord Monkswell from the Director of the Office for National Statistics, Dr. T. Holt, dated 3 March 1998.
As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent questions on United Kingdom households with three or more bedrooms and with two or more children living in homes with less than three bedrooms.
During 1996–97, 61 per cent. of households in Great Britain lived in accommodation which had three or more bedrooms. For this same year, among families in Great Britain with two or more dependent children, 13 per cent. of these families lived in accommodation with fewer than three bedrooms.
These statistics are taken from the 1996 General Household Survey for Great Britain. Equivalent data are not compiled for the United Kingdom.