§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment he has made of the number of households with solid fuel heating where the residents are too infirm to heat their homes; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BaldryFigures for the number of households with residents too infirm to heat their homes are not available. However, the 1986 English house condition survey estimated that solid fuel was the main heating fuel for 730,000 pensioner households, of which nearly a third were headed by residents aged 75 years and over.