§ 51. Mr. Sydney Chapmanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local authority dwellings were completed in 1971, and what percentages of these were detached or semi-detached houses, terraced houses, flats in blocks not exceeding four storeys, and flats in blocks of five storeys or more.
§ Mr. ChannonIn 1971 in England and Wales, 117,215 dwellings were completed by local authorities and new towns. Of these, 47.3 per cent. were detached, semidetached or terraced houses, 32.2 per cent. were flats in blocks of 2–4 storeys and 20.5 per cent. were flats in blocks of five or more storeys.
§ 52. Mr. Sydney Chapmanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of local authority dwelling units completed in 1971 had no form of central heating.
§ Mr. ChannonAll local authority dwellings completed in 1971 were required to comply with mandatory minimum heating standards. The heating was provided by individual appliances in about 10 per cent. of the dwellings, and by some form of central heating in the remainder.
§ 60. Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local authority dwellings have been built 361W by each local authority during each of the last five years; and what proportion of the total local authority housing stock each of these five-year totals represents in each case.
§ Mr. ChannonFigures of dwellings built by individual local authorities from 1966 to September, 1971, have been published in Local Housing Statistics, copies of which are in the library. Comprehensive stock figures of local authority dwellings as at 31st December, 1971, are not available. Housing Statistics (England and Wales) Part I, published in December, 1971, by the Institute of Municipal Treasurers and Accountants, gives the stock of dwellings of a large proportion of authorities at 1st April, 1971, and a copy is in the Library.
§ Sir H. Harrisonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the numbers of houses built by councils, and for sale, respectively, in the administrative county of East Suffolk for each year since 1965, inclusive.
§ Mr. ChannonFollowing is the information.
DWELLINGS COMPLETED East Suffolk administrative county Local authorities Private sector 1965 272 1,743 1966 335 1,970 1967 488 1,868 1968 619 2,056 1969 229 1,470 1970 349 1,321 1971 416 1,656