HC Deb 05 March 1981 vol 1000 c198W
Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total number of new town and local authority houses in England; and what proportion of houses were found unfit for human habitation in the 1979 house condition survey.

Mr. Stanley

There were estimated to be 5.3 million local authority and new town dwellings in England at the end of the 1979. On the evidence of the 1976 English house condition survey, which is the most recent one, 4.6 per cent. of all dwellings in England were unfit for human habitation in 1976.