Housing Waiting Lists

HC Deb 17 March 1982 vol 20 c134W

23. Mr. Heddle

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will now make it his practice to keep records of local authority housing waiting lists.

Sir George Young

As my hon. Friend told the hon. Member for Wood Green (Mr. Race) on 2 December 1981—[Vol. 14, c.171]—local authorities already report the number of households on their waiting lists which are in certain categories of housing need. There are no plans to extend the collection of waiting list information. The Select Committee on the Environment stated in volume 1, paragraph 56 of its second report that waiting lists are not per se a good indicator of real housing need".