§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will state the reduction in the number of contracts let by the 20 county boroughs with the largest populations in the last 12 months, and the number of dwellings involved in each case.
§ Mr. MacCollOn the information readily available, the 20 largest county boroughs in England and Wales between them let 192 contracts covering 34,434 dwellings in the 12 months ending in September. 1968, compared with 260 contracts covering 28,356 dwellings in the corresponding period ending September, 1967.
142WThus the number of dwellings in contracts in the later period increased by over 20 per cent.