§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many dwellings throughout the United Kingdom have been designated unfit for human habitation at the latest available date.
§ Sir George YoungThe most recent estimate available for England appears in table A of part 1 of the "English House Condition Survey, 1981", a copy of which is in the Library.
For information for other parts of the United Kingdom, I refer the hon. Member to my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
National Grid 10km Square Location County Microgray per year SX66 Dartmoor Forest West of Buckfastleigh Devon 964 SW33 St. Just Cornwall 876 SW42 South West of Penzance Cornwall 833 SW43 North of Penzance Cornwall 804 SX78 Dartmoor Forest North West of Newton Abbot Devon 797 SW64 Camborne and Redruth Cornwall 795 NU01 Branton West of Alnwick Northumberland 763 SX67 Dartmoor Forest West of Newton Abbot Devon 754 SW63 South of Camborne Cornwall 691 SW32 Lands End Cornwall 687 SX16 East of Bodmin Cornwall 677 NT91 Cheviot Hills West of Alnwick Northumberland 670 SW95 West of St. Austell Cornwall 659 NT92 Cheviot Hills South West of Wooler Northumberland 641 SW53 South of Hayle Cornwall 638 NT80 Cheviot Hills East of Carter Bar Northumberland 637 NT81 Cheviot Hills West of Alnwick Northumberland 617 SX37 South of Launceston Cornwall 615 NZ22 North of Darlington Durham 600 SE28 West of Ripon North Yorkshire 588 For comparison, the average value for England and Wales is about 340 micrograys per year in air. In all the cases listed, the explanation for the higher levels of