HC Deb 30 June 1980 vol 987 cc437-8W
Mr. Michael Brown

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment which councils in London, including the Greater London Council, own retirement houses in coastal resorts; and what is the total owned by each authority and the percentage which was unoccupied at the latest available date.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

At the end of March the Greater London Council owned 3,003 completed dwellings, of which 2,407 were in coastal resorts, under its seaside and country homes scheme for retired people. Fifteen (0.5 per cent.) of these dwellings are unoccupied at present. The Department does not have comparable information for the London borough councils.