§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the latest figures on housing type, households sharing a dwelling, satisfaction with accommodation, lowest floor of accommodation and homelessness amongst (a) all households, (b) two parents with dependent children and (c) lone parents with dependent children.
§ Mr. StanleyInformation available for England, from the report of the 1977 national dwelling and housing survey, is as follows:
Household Composition with Dependent Children House Type Two-Parent Percentage
Lone Parent* Percentage
All Percentage
Detached 22 9 18 Semi-detached 39 30 32 Terraced 30 36 29 Flat/Maisonette 8 25 20 Other 1 1 1 All 100 100 100 * figures do not add to 100 due to rounding of all households: (a) 2 per cent. Were sharing rooms or circulation space;
(b) 82 per cent. were satisfied with their accommodation, and
(c) 88 per cent. had their lowest floor on the ground 10 per cent. on the first to third, and 2 per cent. on the fourth floor or above.
Data for specific household compositions in respect of (a) (b) and (c) cannot be obtained except at disproportionate cost.
417WFor the third quarter of 1980, it is estimated from local authorities' returns that in England they accepted responsibility for securing accommodation for 15,830 homeless households, of which 39 per cent. were lone parent families and 30 per cent. were two-parent families.