§ Mr. Clinton Davisasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what research has been done in his Department into Primary Support Structures and Housing Assembly Kits, a flexible housing scheme which enables a series of internal kits to be applied within a basic support structure, to enable tenants to alter the layout of their homes after a building has been erected.
§ Mr. ChannonThe Department of the Environment has for some time been studying the technical, financial and social aspects of adaptable housing. The Department has designed and exhibited at the Ideal Home Exhibitions of 1962, 1964 and 1968, houses illustrating the principles of flexibility and adaptability in design and construction. The Department's architects have also designed housing schemes in London and Sheffield which incorporated adaptable internal partitions between bedrooms and living rooms. These features have subsequently been appraised by social survey techniques, and are described in the Department's Design Bulletin No. 15, a copy of which, together with the other relevant 257W departmental publications, I am sending to the hon. Member.