HC Deb 09 December 1980 vol 995 c349W
Mr. Alton

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is his estimate of the number of new dwellings on which work has stopped since the imposition of the moratorium on building;

(2) on how many dwellings being modernised work has stopped since the imposition of the building moratorium.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

I have made no such estimates.

Metropolitan Borough Official site (if any) Caravan pitches Gipsy families in Borough (as at 16 July 1980)
Bolton Hall Lane 16 16
Bury Todd Street 13 13
Manchester* 21
Oldham Ada Street 16 18
Rochdale† 23
Salford.
Stockport† Warth Meadow (temporary) 16 5
Tameside 19
Trafford Hall Lane, Carrington (private) 50 55
Wigan Birkenshaw Lane 15 26
126 196
* Site to be reconstructed.
† Permanent site proposals in progress.