HC Deb 07 July 1975 vol 895 cc17-8W
Mr. Roderick

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he intends to introduce legislation to deal with tied houses other than agricultural workers' houses.

Mr. Crosland

I have no such plans at present.

Sir George Young

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many possession orders were granted against tenants in tied accommodation in the years 1973 and 1974, respectively.

Mr. Crosland

These figures are not available.

Mr. Moate

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give figures for the number of tied or service houses in each principal category of relevant employment, including hoth the private and public sectors.

Mr. Crosland

This information is not available.

Mr. Moate

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give figures for the number of agricultural service houses constructed each year in the last 20 years and the total constructed in the post-war years.

Mr. Crosland

My Department has no material on this subject. The Tavistock Institute Working Paper "Tied Cottages in British Agriculture", published last month and of which the Library has a copy, found that, on a sample of 281 farms, 35 cottages had been built in the last 10 years.