House Conditions

HC Deb 07 March 1990 vol 168 cc720-1W

Mr. Thornton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing the number of houses identified in 1971, 1976, 1981 and 1986 by the English house conditions survey as(a) being unfit for human habitation, (b) lacking basic amenities and (c) being in a state of serious disrepair.

Mr. Chope

The numbers are as follows:

	1971	1976	1981	1986
Unfit dwellings	1,216,000	1,162,000	1,116,000	1,053,000
Dwellings lacking basic amenities	2,815,000	1,531,000	863,000	543,000
Dwellings in serious disrepair	1,104,000	1,097,000	1,178,000	1,113,000