Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 February 1997. It was answered by James Clappison (Conservative) on Tuesday, 11 February 1997 on behalf of the Department of the Environment.

Dept of the Environment

Question: What estimate he has made of the number of private sector properties that fail to meet the current fitness standards and are occupied. - Includes figures.

Answer: Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimate he has made of the number of private sector properties that fail to meet the current fitness standards and are occupied. [14690] Mr. Clappison: The latest available information is from the 1991 English house condition survey, which found 1,089,000 occupied private sector dwellings to be unfit under the current fitness standard. Results from the 1996 EHCS should be available later this year.

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