HC Deb 19 June 1979 vol 968 cc471-2W
Mr. Stott

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many (a) privately-rented dwellings, (b) council-owned dwellings and (c) owner-occupied dwellings there are within the Westhoughton constituency.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

Statistics are not separately available for the West-houghton constituency, which lies within the areas of Wigan and Bolton metropolitan districts. The figures provided by each district, in respect of housing stock as at 1 April 1978, in their 1978 housing strategies and investment programmes are as follows:

Bolton
Council-owned dwellings 28,087
*Privately rented and owner-occupied 72,448
Wigan
Council-owned dwellings 38,434
*Privately rented and owner-occupied 78,209
* More detailed figures for private sector housing are not available.