§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the estimated numbers of homes with accessible lofts remaining uninsulated at December 1977 (a) in the private sector, owner-occupied and rented, (b) in the public sector, (c) in pensioner households, owner-occupied, rented and council owned, (e) in pensioner households with
744Wlaying of an appeal and the decision; and what it was in each year since 1970.
§ Mr. Guy BarnettThe periods between receipt and decision taken by planning appeals decided in the June quarter 1978 were as follows:
weeks Appeals decided by Secretary of State after local inquiry 51 Appeals decided by Secretary of State on written representations 40 Appeals decided by Inspectors after local inquiry 25 Appeals decided by Inspectors on written representations 21 Corresponding periods for each year since 1970 were as follows:
- 1970 — 42, 32, 29 and 29 weeks
- 1971 — 45, 39, 31 and 31 weeks
- 1972 — 48, 43, 34 and 32 weeks
- 1973 — 61, 52, 46 and 34 weeks
- 1974 — 80, 56, 65 and 38 weeks
- 1975 — 73, 55, 50 and 34 weeks
- 1976 — 55, 45, 30 and 24 weeks
- 1977 — 46, 37, 27 and 24 weeks
The 1977 and June quarter 1978 figures are median times.