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Mr. Fisher
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many London homes (a) public and (b) private sectors are unmodernised. [39369]
Mr. Clappison
The 1991 "English House Condition Survey" recorded modernisation only in relation to kitchens and bathrooms. The following were found in London.
| Public sector | Private sector | |||
| Percentage of sector | Number | Percentage of sector | Number | |
| Unmodemised kitchen | 142,000 | 20.6 | 325,000 | 14.1 |
| Unmodernised bathroom | 216,000 | 31.4 | 486,000 | 21.1 |
Mr. Fisher
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many homes in London are unfit for habitation. [39368]
Mr. Clappison
The 1991 "English House Condition Survey" found 301,000 London dwellings to be unfit under section 604 of the Housing Act 1985, as amended by schedule 9 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.