§ Mr. CorbettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has on the estimated number, location by local authority area and by building type of privately owned homes known to be defective and outside the scope of the Housing Defects Act 1984.
§ Mr. BaldryThat information is not available in the form requested. When the housing defects legislation was 149W passed, it was estimated that there were some 3,000 privately developed dwellings of designated types, whose owners would therefore not be eligible for assistance, in addition to those owners who bought ex-public sector stock in knowledge of the defects.