asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list for each housing authority in England the latest figures for the number of dwellings classed as difficult to let, indicating the percentage this figure represents of the authority-owned stock; and what are the changes in these figures since April 1986;
(2) if he will list in descending order the numbers of dwellings owned by each English local housing authority, as at 1 April 1987, showing the comparable figure for 1 April 1986;
(3) if he will list for each housing authority the latest figures for (a) the number of unfit dwellings, (b) the number of dwellings fit but lacking basic amenities and (c) the number of non-standard dwellings in need of renovation, indicating in each case the percentage of total stock affected and the percentage change from the same date in 1986.
Stock of rented dwellings: England
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Thousands of dwellings
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Rented from :
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LAs and NTs
| HAs
| Private owners and other tenures1
| Total rented stock
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| April 1961 | 3,339 | 4,424 | 7,763 | |||
| December 1966 | 4,016 | 3,683 | 7,699 | |||
| December 1967 | 4,145 | 3,569 | 7,714 | |||
| December 1968 | 4,267 | 3,455 | 7,722 | |||
| December 1969 | 4,390 | 3,354 | 7,744 | |||
| December 1970 | 4,506 | 3,202 | 7,708 | |||
| December 1971 | 4,587 | 3,122 | 7,709 | |||
| December 1972 | 4,605 | 3,013 | 7,618 | |||
| December 1973 | 4,635 | 2,911 | 7,546 | |||
| December 1974 | 4,743 | 2,811 | 7,554 | |||
| December 1975 | 4,872 | 2,707 | 7,579 | |||
| December 1976 | 4,990 | 277 | 2,342 | 7,609 | ||
| December 1977 | 5,096 | 310 | 2.237 | 7,643 | ||
| December 1978 | 5,157 | 337 | 2.139 | 7,633 | ||
| December 1979 | 5,187 | 362 | 2,042 | 7,591 | ||
| December 1980 | 5,171 | 389 | 1,952 | 7,512 | ||
| December 1981 | 5,117 | 411 | 1,876 | 7,404 | ||
| December 1982 | 4,952 | 432 | 1,799 | 7,183 | ||
| December 1983 | 4,837 | 451 | 1,726 | 7,014 | ||
| December 1984 | 4,755 | 474 | 1,656 | 6,885 | ||
| December 1985 | 4,677 | 493 | 1,587 | 6,757 | ||
| December 19862 | 4,606 | 507 | 1,516 | 6,629 | ||
| March 19872 | 4,579 | 509 | 1,498 | 6,586 | ||
Note: For statistical purposes the stock estimates are expressed to the nearest thousand, but should not be regarded as accurate to the last digit.
Estimates are based on data from the censuses of 1961 to 1981 and those for the years before 1971 are not strictly comparable.
1 "Private owners and other tenures" include dwellings occupied by virtue of employment whether in public or private ownership, and before 1976 included housing associations.
2 Provisional.