§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for every year since 1945 the number of units of housing available in the privately-rented sector throughout the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. ArmstrongFollowing are the available estimate:
DWELL INGS RENTED FROM PRIVATE OWNERS: UNITED KINGDOM: 1951 TO 1977 thousands 1951 7,500 1961 5,060 1966 4,380 1970 3,770 1971 3,670 1972 3,540 1973 3,420 1974 3,300 1975 3,190 1976 3,090 1977 3,010 Estimates are based on information obtained from the 1947 household survey and the 1961, 1966 and 1971 Censuses and include certain assumptions regarding the tenure distribution of gains and losses in the housing stock for other years and are not based on direct evidence. Estimates including dwellings rented with farms, with business premises, by virtue of employment or owned by housing associations which were not separately identified in the 1971 Census.
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§ Mr. Anthony Grantasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the amount of private rented accommodation in the London area in each of the years 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, and to the latest convenient date in 1978.
§ Mr. ArmstrongFollowing are the available estimates:
DWELLINGS RENTED FROM PRIVATE OWNERS: GREATER LONDON AREA: 1973 TO 1977 thousands 1973 680 1974 650 1975 620 1976 610 1977 590 Estimates are based on information obtained from the 1971 Census and include certain assumptions regarding the tenure distribution of gains and losses in the housing stock since then and are not based on direct evidence. Estimates include dwellings rented with farms, with business premises, by virtue of employment or owned by housing associations which were not separately identified in the Census.