HC Deb 24 February 1999 vol 326 cc289-90W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what data his Department has collated on the average amount of space occupied per family in the United Kingdom in 1999; and if he will make a statement on past trends in this respect. [71115]

Mr. Raynsford

Floor space data for dwellings in England are collected through the English House Condition Survey, which is carried out every 5 years. The most recent survey was carried out in 1996. This shows

Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what studies he has(a) commissioned and (b) evaluated of how advanced technology and better information could help to make possible more seamless journeys using different modes of transport. [71113]

Ms Glenda Jackson

The following reports contain the results of studies commissioned by my Department which address aspects of the contribution of advanced technology and/or better information to improving travel by different transport modes.

that households had 84 sqm on average in England. This is little different from 1991 when the average was about 81 sqm.