asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many of the 233,800 dwellings, for which improvement grants were approved in the last year, were improved by local authorities, owner-occupiers and private landlords, respectively.

In England and Wales there were 61,600 approvals to local authorities, 6,100 to housing associations, 84,900 to owner-occupiers and 46,200 to private landlords. The corresponding figures for Scotland were 25,300 to local authorities, 2,500 to the Scottish Special Housing Association and other housing associations, 5,800 to owner-occupiers and 1,400 to private landlords.