Housing

HC Deb 28 February 2000 vol 345 c8W

Mr. Waterson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he plans to publish the Housing Green Paper. [111661]

Mr. Mullin

We will publish a Housing Green Paper this year aimed at ensuring everyone has the opportunity of a decent home. The Green Paper will be fully consultative and we hope as many people as possible will take the opportunity to let us know what they think of our proposals on the future of housing in the 21^st century.

Ms Buck

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what proportion of heads of non-pensioner households in(a) social housing and (b) private rented housing were not in paid work in each region in (i) 1996–97, (ii) 1997–98 and (iii) 1998–99. [111517]

Mr. Mullin

The following table provides the available estimates from the Labour Force Survey of the percentage by region of heads of household who were below pensionable age and not in paid work.