§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is 192W the number of grouped housing and sheltered housing schemes at present in England by regions; and what proportion of elderly persons in local authority accommodation live in grouped housing or sheltered housing in England and in each region.
§ Mr. ArmstrongI have been asked to reply.
I regret that the information is not available. However tenders were approved during the six years 1969 to 1974 for the construction of about, 142,000 local authority dwellings specially designed for old people. The number of dwellings approved in each of the English regions are as follows:
Northern 9,600 Yorks and Humber 21,000 North-West 24,400 East-Midlands 16,400 West-Midlands 12,600 East Anglia 5,700 South-East (except Greater London) 29,200 Greater London 11,600 South-West 11,700