Written question asked by Baroness King of Bow (Labour) on Tuesday, 17 December 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 December 2002. It was answered by Tony McNulty (Labour) on Thursday, 19 December 2002 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

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Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of (a) African, (b) Afro-Caribbean, (c) Chinese and Vietnamese, (d) Bangladeshi, (e) Indian and (f) Pakistani households are in overcrowded accommodation. - Inc figures.

Answer: Ms Oona King: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what proportion of (a) African, (b) Afro-Caribbean, (c) Chinese and Vietnamese, (d) Bangladeshi, (e) Indian and (f) Pakistani households are in overcrowded accommodation. [88265] Mr. McNulty: If overcrowding is measured by the `bedroom standard' from Survey of English Housing data, averaged over the last three years (1999-2000, 2000-01, 2001-02), the estimated percentages of households in overcrowded accommodation (i.e. one or more bedrooms below the standard) are: (a) African 15 per cent., (b) Afro-Caribbean 6 per cent., (c) Chinese 7 per cent., (d) Bangladeshi 30 per cent., (e) Indian 7 per cent. and (f) Pakistani 22 per cent. The corresponding percentages for other ethnic groups are : white 2 per cent., `other black groups' 9 per cent., and `mixed and other ethnic groups', including Vietnamese, 9 per cent.

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