§ Mr. Thorpeasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will publish figures of the number of houses in Great Britain without, respectively, mains water supplies or main drainage facilities.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonI regret that I do not have the information in the form required.
The 1961 census showed dwellings with cold water taps, but not whether they were connected to the mains or, say, to private supplies. The number in Great Britain without taps was about 270,000.
The 1967 House Condition Survey of England and Wales showed that only about 400,000 dwellings were without water closets for the exclusive use of the occupiers, but not how many water closets were connected to, say, septic tanks rather than main drainage.
These figures will have been reduced by subsequent provision of mains and sewers and by slum clearance, but I cannot say to what extent.
County of Local Authority Number of Pitches Berkshire … Bradfield Rural District … … 14 Buckingham … Eton Rural District … … 31 Greater London … London Borough of Bromley … … 12 London Borough of Havering … … 27 (temporary site) London Borough of Redbridge … … 16 Hampshire … Andover Borough … … 6 Hartley Wintney Rural District … … 15 Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District … … 5 Hertford … Bushey Urban District … … 27 Hatfield Rural District … … 20 Hemel Hempstead Borough … … 6 Kent … Maidstone Rural District … … 12 Mailing Rural District … … 12 Hollingbourne Rural District … … 12 Sevenoaks Rural District … … 12 Strood Rural District … … 12 Lincoln (Lindsey) … Spilsby Rural District … … 15 Stafford … Aldrige-Brownhills Urban District … … 6 (temporary site) Surrey … Godstone Rural District … … 50 Guildford Rural District … … 10 Sussex (East) … Cuckfield Rural District … … 2 (temporary site) Hailsham Rural District … … 3 (temporary site) Worcester … Bromsgrove Rural District … … 12