§ Mr. LoveTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will estimate the number of dwellings in(a) the United Kingdom, (b) Greater London and (c) the Edmonton constituency which are leasehold; how many of these in each case are former local authority accommodation; and how many of them are (i) houses and (ii) flats. [65064]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe different property laws of the countries within the United Kingdom prevent an estimate of leasehold dwellings for the UK. The table, from the Department's Survey of English Housing, provides estimates1 of the number of dwellings in Greater London and England which are leasehold; how many of them are houses and flats. The Survey of English Housing cannot produce estimates for parliamentary constituencies.
SEH average for 1996–97 and 1997–98 Thousand Houses Flats All Greater London Ex LA accommodation 2 82 84 Other accommodation 25 349 374 Total accommodation 27 431 458 England Ex LA accommodation 36 141 177 Other accommodation 823 806 1,629 Total accommodation 859 947 1,806 1Like all estimates from sample surveys, these figures are subject to sampling variability.