§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of council properties in England is unfit to rent.
§ Sir George YoungLocal authorities report the numbers of their own dwellings that are unfit, whether occupied or not, in their annual housing investment programme—HIP 1— returns.
Some 150,000 council properties in England, 4 per cent. of the total number of local authority dwellings, were reported as unfit at 1 April 1993.