§ Mr. Hamlingasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT figures showing the number of council houses under construction in Greater London at 1st January in each year since 1960, including 1967.
§ Mr. MellishThe figures requested are given in the table below:—
Dwellings under construction for local authorities in Greater London At 1st January 1960 … … … 24,587 1961 … … … 24,640 1962 … … … 23,850 1963 … … … 25,939 1964 … … … 30,442 1965 … … … 38,302 1966 … … … 42,755 1967 … … … 41,122* * Revised basis: the figures on the previous basis was 45,745. The figure of the number of dwellings under construction for the Greater 34W London Council has been revised following a change in the definition of "dwellings started" in the statistical return made by the Council. Until the end of 1966 the Greater London Council provided information on the same basis as previously provided by the London County Council, defining a start as being the date when instructions were given to the contractor to proceed rather than when work on the laying of foundations (or slabbing) began. Thus starts were recorded earlier than they should have been.
Figures on the standard basis are not available for past periods. It is not thought that the difference in definition greatly affected the number of starts reported year by year. The figures on completions are not affected by the change.
§ Mr. Hamlingasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether 35W he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT figures showing the number of council houses completed in Greater London for each year since 1960, including 1966.
§ Mr. MellishThe figures requested are given in the table below:—
Dwellings completed for local authorities Greater London* Year Completed During Year 1960 … … … 14,095 1961 … … … 13,177 1962 … … … 13,895 1963 … … … 14,314 1964 … … … 14,475 1965 … … … 17,782 1966 … … … 19,859 * Greater London Council Area.