HC Deb 18 January 1990 vol 165 c364W
Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will publish by(a) tenure, (b) income and (c) age of head of household, the following information gathered for the English house condition survey: the number of homes with rising damp, penetrating damp, slight mould growth, serious mould growth; excessive draughts, the number of houses with seriously defective, defective, just acceptable, satisfactory and unknown dampness and provide written material used in instructing surveyors on how to interpret these categories and on how to decide whether a dwelling was unfit for human habitation under the Housing Act 1955 for reason of dampness or other reason and to tabulate slight and serious mould growth by main types of exterior wall;

(2) if he will publish by (a) tenure, (b) income, (c) age of head of household, (d) employment status, (e) age of dwelling, (f) type of heating system and (g) main fuel type, where applicable, the following information gathered in the interview survey for the English house condition survey (i) questions 19a, 19c, 19d, 19f, (ii) questions 21 to 23c, (iii) questions 24 to 26b, (iv) questions 28 to 42, (v) question 44 and (vi) question 48.

Mr. Chope

Information on these topics will be included in a supplementary report on the English house condition survey which will be published later this year.