§ Mr. John Evansasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list in the Official Report the number of households officially classified as overcrowded in each of the Metropolitan districts in England;
(2) if he will list in the Official Report the number of residential premises lacking basic amenities in each of the Metropolitan districts in England.
§ Mr. Shore,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 31st July 1978], gave the following information:
Details of statutory overcrowding are not available. However, the following information is available from the 1971 Census:
474WHouseholds living at densities above 1½ persons per room and households lacking exclusive use of amenities: metropolitan districts: 1971
Number of households Living at a density of over 1.5 persons per room Lacking exclusive use of one or more amenities* Tyneand Wear: Gateshead 1,600 14,390 Newcastle upon Tyne 2,405 21,585 North Tyneside 1,360 11,260 South Tyneside 1,405 12,370 Sunderland 2,100 17,780 South Yorkshire: Barnsley 785 15,210 Doncaster 890 15,435 Rotherham 795 14,580 Sheffield 2,275 48,160 West Yorkshire: Bradford 3,645 28,020 Calderdale 1,085 13,875 Kirklees 2,685 23,800 Leeds 2,895 31,790 Wakefield 1,145 13,595 West Midlands: Birmingham 9,860 74,420 Coventry 2,175 17,305 Dudley 975 11,590 Sandwell 2,580 21,015 Solihull 300 1,555 Walsall 1,710 12,905 Wolverhampton 2,145 16,420 Greater Manchester: Bolton 1,205 22,665 Bury 420 9,295 Manchester 5,085 53,480 Oldham 780 19,800 Rochdale 1,080 14,140 Salford 1,555 25,845 Stockport 565 11,805 Tameside 740 16,395 Trafford 715 8,785 Wigan 855 20,710 Merseyside: Knowsley 2,070 2,350 Liverpool 4,930 57,075 St. Helens 635 13,720 Sefton 1,075 15,990 Wirral 995 16,445 * The amenities are hot water, a fixed bath or shower and an inside WC.