§ Mr. GapesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many families were living in local authority accommodation in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. BaldryThe available estimates for numbers of families living in local authority accommodation in England are:
Year Million 1981 3.57 1984 2.99 1988 2.58 1991 2.30 The figures are from labour force survey housing trailers and families are defined as couple households with or without children, and lone parent households. The labour force survey is a sample survey and so the estimates are subject to sampling error.