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Disabled Persons' Dwellings: Improvement Expenditure

Volume 447: debated on Thursday 9 February 1984

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Baroness Birk

asked Her Majesty's Government:For the years 1978–83 what are the numbers of dwellings where work has been completed by local authorities in (i) improvment and (ii) the installation of standard amenities in dwellings occupied by disabled persons under the following cost-of-work categories:

  • (a) Less than £1,000
  • (b) £1,000–£2,000
  • (c) £2,000–£3,000
  • (d) £3,000–£5,000
  • (e).£5,000–£8,000
  • (f) £8,000–£12,000
  • (g) Over £12,000

    • The Minister of State, Department of the Environment
    (Lord Bellwin)

    Numbers of conversions and improvements and of installations of standard amenities completed by local authorities to dwellings occupied by disabled persons are shown for 1978 to 1981 in Table 7.3 of Housing and Construction Statistics 1972–1982 and for 1982 and the first three quarters of 1983 in Table 2.19 of Housing and Construction Statistics No. 15. Copies are available in the Library. Cost information has been collected from authorities only in aggregate for each quarter or each financial year.