§ 18. Mr. SedgemoreTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total number of families on local authority housing waiting lists for the latest convenient date.
§ Mrs. RoeIn their 1987 housing investment programme returns, English local authorities reported 1,289,000 households on the waiting lists at April 1987. (Local authorities' criteria for inclusion of names on the waiting lists are not uniform and the frequency of reviewing the lists varies).