§ Mr. Joseph Deanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the number and value of local authority house building contracts, where direct labour departments have been called in to complete projects owing to
LOCAL AUTHORITY* HOUSEBUILDING: DIRECT LABOUR AND CONTRACTOR'S TENDERS England: 1973 to 1977 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 Direct labour schemes Dwelling erection costs† Number 97 112 142 136 96 £ million 38.8 55.0 61.5 71.4 41.0 Contractors' tenders Competitive open Number 400 512 299 175 89 Competitive selected Number 839 1,065 1,183 1,407 1,105 Negotiated. Number 236 305 310 256 111 Package deal Number 74 66 109 51 9 All Number 1,549 1,948 1,901 1,889 1,314 Dwelling erection costst. £ million 437.6 658.6 812.0 786.7 481.8 Percentage let to direct labour departments in erection cost terms 8.1 7.7 7.0 8.3 7.8 * Including New Town but excluding Greater London Council housebuilding † Erection costs comprise super-structure, sub-structure and external works directly related to dwellings. Costs of site works, garages and roads and sewers are excluded