§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what national, regional and local figures his Department maintains on forms of housing tenure among pensioners. [41415]
§ Mr. ClappisonInformation on the tenure of pensioners is available from the 1991 census and from regular interview surveys, notably the survey of English housing, the general household survey and the labour force survey. The household surveys can provide national and regional figures but sample sizes are not large enough to provide reliable figures for smaller areas. The House of Commons Library holds reports on the census and on all these surveys.
National and regional information is also available from a special survey sponsored by my Department in 1991 and 1992. The results are published as "A National Survey of Elderly People in the Community", a copy of which is in the House of Commons Library.