§ Mr. Strawasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the best estimate available to him of the numbers of households likely to be formed and dissolved in 1981 and 1986; and if, in the light of the latest information, he will update table III.7 of technical volume part I of the Housing Policy Review, or otherwise confirm that the projections of this table are still valid.
§ Mr. StanleyAn estimate of the number of households in 1981 and 1986 is contained in supplementary table XVI 63W of "Housing and Construction Statistics," issue 29, a copy of which is available in the Library. The authors of the Housing Policy Review stated that the projects in table 111.7 were subject to considerable margins of uncertainty. We have no plans to update it.
§ Mr. Strawasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) whether, on the basis of a continuation of present policies, he will amend table III. 29 (projected numbers of houses completed: GB) of technical volume part I of the Housing Policy Review for 1981 to 1986 and publish the revised table in the Official Report;
(2) whether, on the basis of a continuation of present policies, he will amend and update table III. 38 (progress in reducing the number of households unsatisfactorily housed: present trend projections to 1986) of technical volume part I of the Housing Policy Review (1977); and if he will publish the amended table in the Official Report.
§ Mr. StanleyI refer the hon. Member to the Government's views on updating the Housing Policy Review set out in the Government's reply to the First Report of the Select Committee on the Environment, which was published today and copies of which have been placed in the Vote Office.