§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many houses and what proportion of total houses built have been built in each of the past five years below the Parker Morris standard;
(2) if he will estimate the loss of revenue to public funds of the tax relief on interest on mortgages on houses which do not measure up to the Parker Morris Standard in the last financial year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. ArmstrongVirtually all public sector housing built over the past five years has conformed to Parker Morris standards. Occupancy rates in the private housing sector are, in the main, within the occupier's discretion so that those standards are inappropriate to it; and the estimates requested are, therefore, not available.