§ Mr. Raynsfordasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing the total number of homes which he estimates were available to rent in England (a) from local authorities, (b) from housing organisations, (c) from other public authorities, (d) from private landlords, and (e) in total in each of the years from 1957 to 1986.
§ Mr. TraceyThe available estimates are :544W
Stock of rented dwellings: England Thousands of dwellings LAs and NTs Rented from HAs Private owners and other tenures1 Total rented stock April 1961 3,339 4,424 7,763 December 1966 4,016 3,683 7,699 1967 4,145 3,569 7,714 1968 4,267 3,455 7,722 1969 4,390 3,354 7,744 1970 4,506 3,202 7,708 1971 4,587 3,122 7,709 1972 4,605 3,013 7,618 1973 4,635 2,911 7,546 1974 4,743 2,811 7,554 1975 4,872 2,707 7,579 1976 4,990 2,619 7,609 1977 5,096 2,547 7,643 1978 5,157 2,476 7,633 1979 5,187 2,404 7,591 1980 5,171 2,341 7,512 1981 5,117 411 1,876 7,404 1982 4,952 432 1,799 7,183 1983 4,837 451 1,726 7,014 1984 4,755 474 1,656 6,885 1985 4,677 493 1,587 6,757 19862 4,606 507 1,516 6,629 1 "Private owners and other tenures" include dwellings occupied by virtue of employment whether in public or private ownership, and before 1981 included housing associations. 2 provisional. Note: For statistical purposes the stock estimates are expressed to the nearest thousand, but should not be regarded as accurate to the last digit. Estimates are based on data from the Censuses of 1961 to 1981 and those for the years before 1971 are not strictly comparable.