§ Mr. Bob Dunnasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the number of houses completed for use in (a) the private sector, (b) the local authority sector and (c) in any other category for each full year since 1964 and for each month in the current year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe number of new dwellings completed in Great Britain during the period 1964–68 and 1969–79 published inHousing Statistics No. 20 and Housing and Construction Statistics 1969–79 respectively, copies of Which are in the Library.
Corresponding figures for 1980 are:
DWELLINGS COMPLETED IN GREAT BRITAIN 1980 Local authority Other public sector† Private sector January 5489 1739 10650 February 5119 1855 9215 March 5857 2653 9334 April 6036 1543 10521 May 6536 2092 10573 June 6834 3546 11583 July* 7284 2608 11343 August* 5763 1667 9383 September* 6645 2644 12454 * Provisional. † Includes new towns, housing associations and Government Departments.