§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what changes have taken place in the number of substandard dwellings in (a) south Yorkshire, (b) west Yorkshire, (c) Humberside and (d) north Yorkshire in the five years up to the latest date for which information is available.
§ Sir George YoungLocal authorities report in their annual housing investment programme returns the numbers of dwellings in their areas which at 1 April were unfit and/or lacking basic amenities. The numbers reported for 1979 and 1984 were as follows:
thousands 1979 1984 Humberside 33 21 North Yorkshire 23 10 South Yorkshire 75 37 West Yorkshire 119 44 Yorks & Humberside region 250 122 In 1984, Leeds did not include an estimate of the number of its own dwellings which were unfit and Harrogate gave no estimates of sub-standard private housing. In both 1979 and 1984 a few returns did not include estimates of sub-standard housing association or other public sector sub-standard dwellings.