HC Deb 23 February 1976 vol 906 cc61-3W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if the total of 8,900 of house completions in the private sector in Wales in 1975 includes new houses subsequently purchased by local authorities from private developers under Welsh Office circular No. 111.

Mr. Alec Jones

Acquisitions of houses from private developers under Welsh Office Circular 111/74 are counted either as private sector completions or public sector completions, according to the state of the dwelling at the time of acquisition. Information as to the number of acquisitions included in the 1975 completion figures of 8,900 and 8,336 for the private comply with recommendations made by inspectors in their reports. With two exceptions, the start of work on the schemes concerned is also dependent on factors other than the completion of the statutory procedures.

The information is as follows:

and public sectors respectively, is not readily available, but the total number of acquisitions from private developers approved in 1975 was 1,297.

Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many of the 8,336 new houses completed in the public sector in 1975 in Wales were purchased from private developers under Welsh Office Circular No. 111.

Mr. Alec Jones

Acquisitions of houses from private developers under Welsh Office Circular 111/74 are counted either as private sector completions or public sector completions, according to the state of the dwelling at the time of acquisition. Information as to the number of acquisitions included in the 1975 completion figures of 8,900 and 8,336 for the private and public sectors respectively is not readily available, but the total number of acquisitions from private developers approved in 1975 was 1,297.