§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what estimate he has made of the cost of bringing up to acceptable standard, the private sector housing stock in(a) Pendle, (b) Burnley and (c) East Lancashire as a whole. [1989]
§ Ms KeebleWe do not make estimates of costs to carry out repairs and improvements to private sector housing stock for individual districts or areas within regions. It is the responsibility of local housing Authorities to assess any problems of private sector housing within their districts. Local authorities supply the Department with their estimates of the numbers of private sector unfit dwellings in their areas, they do not provide cost estimates although this will change in 2001. The latest local authority estimates for numbers of unfit dwellings are:
Number Pendle 5,600 Burnley 7,344 Remaining East Lancashire authorities 36,334