§ Mr. Sternasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what proportion of Parkinson and Woolaway houses in private ownership he now expects to be repurchased by local authorities on the grounds that the cost of repair would exceed the value of the repaired house.
§ Mrs. RoeLocal authorities have reported some 800 Woolaway and 1,000 Parkinson dwellings in private ownership. It is not possible to forecast reliably the proportion likely to be repurchased by authorities under the housing defects legislation, but we would expect the majority to be repaired. We are currently considering whether the Act's rules concerning repurchase as against repair can be made more flexible.