HC Deb 28 February 1986 vol 92 cc730-1W
Mr. Ron Davies

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will state the total number and their location, by district council area, of Woolaway type homes eligible for refurbishment under the Housing Defects Act, and the number of refurbishments (a) commenced, (b) completed and (c) not started because of grant limits.

Sir George Young

In 1983, local authorities in England estimated that some 700 prefabricated reinforced concrete dwellings of the Woolaway type had been sold by the public sector and were in private ownership. The number qualifying for assistance under the Housing Defects Act is therefore likely to be of that order. The local authorities reporting owned Woolaway dwellings in their area were:

  • Bristol
  • Carrick
  • Cotswold
  • Mendip
  • Mid Devon
  • Newbury
  • Northavon
  • North Devon
  • North Dorset
  • North Wiltshire
  • Purbeck
  • Restormel
  • Salisbury
  • Sedgemoor
  • South Hams
  • South Somerset
  • Taunton Deane
  • Tewkesbury
  • Thamesdown
  • Wansdyke
  • Warwick
  • West Dorset
  • West Wiltshire
  • Weymouth and Portland
  • Woodspring

I regret that information on the number of Woolaway houses being reinstated is not currently available.