HC Deb 13 March 1991 vol 187 c520W
Mr. Ridley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the number of privately-owned rented houses in 1979 and 1989, respectively.

Mr. Heseltine

[holding answer 12 March 1991]: Information about the number of dwellings rented privately, or with a job or business, as at December 1979 and December 1989 is shown in table 9.3 of "Housing and Construction Statistics 1979–1989". A copy of this publication is in the Library.