HC Deb 20 October 1976 vol 917 c460W
Mr. Adley

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many departmental surveys, involving questionnaires sent to members of the public, his Department has currently in hand; what is their estimated total cost: and if he will list them in the Official Report.

Mr. Freeson

The number of surveys carried out on behalf of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment in the field during the fourth quarter of 1976 is 11. The total cost of the surveys is about £570,000. The largest survey is the English House Condition Survey, costing £250,000 which was the subject of a Written Answer in theOfficial Report for 15th October 1976—[Vol. 917, c. 217–8.]

The full list is shown below:

  1. 1. English House Condition Survey.
  2. 2. Housing experiences of newly married couples.
  3. 3. Family homelessness in London.
  4. 4. Housing problems of handicapped children.
  5. 5. Household movement in three London housing action areas.
  6. 6. Starter homes; acceptability of small homes for first-time buyers.
  7. 7. Attitudes of tenants and landlords to privately let dwellings.
  8. 8. Availability of privately rented housing.
  9. 9. Washington New Town monitoring the social effects of population growth.
  10. 10. Lifts in local authority high-rise flats.
  11. 11. Pilot survey on dwellings and housing.