HC Deb 23 March 1994 vol 240 c279W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of homes occupied by families with children are deemed to be(a) damp and (b) unfit for use for the last available year.

Sir George Young

The 1991 English House Condition Survey found 1 per cent. of homes occupied by families with children in England so seriously damp that the dwelling was considered unfit for habitation in this respect. The same survey found 5.8 per cent. of homes occupied by families with children unfit on any grounds.

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