§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list by local authority (a) the 459W number of difficult to let houses, (b) the number of houses classified as unfit and (c) the number of houses lacking basic amenities; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir George YoungLocal authorities' housing investment programme returns include their estimates of the numbers of unfit dwellings, of other dwellings which lack basic amenities, and, excluding private housing, of dwellings which are difficult to let. The information relating to April 1985 is listed in the "H1P1 (1985) all items print" which is available in the Library. The numbers reported are not necessarily comparable as authorities' criteria may differ.