asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people live in (a) council housing, (b) housing association housing, (c) private rented accommodation, (d) owner-occupier accommodation not attracting mortgage income tax relief and (e) owner-occupier accommodation attracting mortgage income tax relief, respectively.
The following available information is obtained from the results of the national dwelling and housing survey:
| HOUSEHOLDS AND PERSONS BY TENURE ENGLAND 1977 | ||
| Households | Thousands Persons | |
| Rented from a Council or New Town Corporation | 5,013 | 13,966 |
| Rented from a housing association | 225 | 473 |
| Rented privately, furnished and unfurnished | 2,420 | 5,417 |
| Owner occupier: | ||
| Owned outright | 3,943 | 8,647 |
| With mortgage or loan* | 5,222 | 17,276 |
| All | 16,824 | 45,779 |
| Estimates of the number of owner occupiers receiving income tax relief on their mortgage interest are not available, but it is thought that Interest on most mortgages or loans attract either income tax relief or option mortgage subsidy. | ||
| * Including building society mortgage, long-term bank loan, insurance company loan and private loan. | ||
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what proportions of the gross and net incomes of the average family and average adult single person have been spent on housing in each of the last 10 years; and how this compares with other Western European countries and with the United States of America.
The available information is as follows:
| AVERAGE EXPENDITURE ON HOUSING AS A PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE GROSS HOUSEHOLD INCOME: UNITED KINGDOM | ||
| All households | Percentage One adult household | |
| 1969 | 10·1 | Not available |
| 1970 | 10·1 | 17·6 |
| 1971 | 10·3 | 17·8 |
| 1972 | 10·3 | 18·1 |
| 1973 | 10·7 | 17·7 |
| 1974 | 10·9 | 18·6 |
| 1975 | 9·8 | 16·7 |
| 1976 | 11·2 | 17·9 |
| 1977 | 11·1 | 18·6 |
| 1978 | 11·2 | 18·1 |
| Source: Family expenditure survey. | ||