HC Deb 09 December 1929 vol 233 c81W
Mr. GOSSLING

asked the President of the Board of Trade the total value of building-trade contracts fin the London Metropolitan area during each of the years 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928 and 1929 to date and during each month

ESTIMATED COST of Buildings for which plans were approved by 30 Urban Authorities* in Outer London.
— Dwelling Houses. Factories and Workshops. Shops, Offices, Warehouses and Other Business Premises. Churches, Schools, and Public Buildings. Other Buildings and additions and alterations to existing Buildings. Total.
Year. £ £ £ £ £ £
1924 … 9,213,643 743,923 731,850 352,999 1,013,563 12,055,978
1925 … 12,757,379 779,582 814,783 434,054 1,258,486 16,044,284
1926 … 12,188,380 888,672 976,240 570,184 1,119,372 15,742,848
1927 … 10,648,527 718,196 1,108,197 661,000 1,373,132 14,509,052
1928 … 12,278,228 1,075,327 1,454,208 1,021,108 1,352,697 17,181,568
1929 (10 months) … 13,255,542 1,829,413 1,065,503 1,008,485 1,143,557 18,302,500
Month.
November, 1928 … 1,093,576 64,120 117,456 203,570 114,011 1,592,733
December, 1928 … 1,104,915 66,530 142,685 93,345 88,921 1,496,396
January, 1929 … 1,028,705 79,639 77,150 22,850 107,353 1,315,697
February, 1929 … 914,711 92,995 113,461 191,800 99,188 1,412,155
March, 1929 … 814,182 56,484 115,648 116,000 115,951 1,218,265
April, 1929 … 1,275,452 647,029 86,656 155,986 79,199 2,244,322
May, 1929 … 1,858,691 265,705 137,948 35,670 141,156 2,439,170
June, 1929 … 1,453,493 137,563 143,607 153,459 128,096 2,016,218
July, 1929 … 1,464,163 197,340 111,845 146,970 163,485 2,083,803
August, 1929 … 769,708 127,310 54,150 32,915 65,232 1,049,315
September, 1929 … 1,936,630 88,968 135,340 11,150 111,554 2,283,642
October, 1929 … 1,739,807 136,380 89,698 141,685 132,343 2,239,913
* The authorities are those of Acton, Barking, Barnes, Barnet, Beckenham, Brentford and Chiswick, Bromley, Coulsdon and Purley, Croydon, Ealing, East Ham, Edmonton, Enfield, Erith Finchley, Harrow, Hendon, Heston and Isleworth, Hornsey, Ilford, Richmond, Southgate, Tottenham, Twickenham, Walthamstow, Watford, West Ham, Willesden, Wimbledon, Wood Green.