§ Mr. Raceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will now make it his practice to collect statistics relating to council house waiting lists.
§ Mr. StanleyLocal authorities already report the number of households on their waiting lists which are in certain categories of housing need, but there are no plans to extend the collection of waiting list information further. I note that the Select Committee on the Environment stated in its second report that waiting lists "are not per se a good indicator of real housing need"—Vol. 1, para. 56.