§ Mr. Freesonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing the number of housing starts and completions for each quarter since 1974 to the latest available date.
§ Mr. StanleyQuarterly housing starts and completions in England are published in "Housing and Construction Statistics". Figures up to the first quarter 1978 appear in table 16 of issues 17 and 25. Later figures are in table 1.3 of part 1: in issue No. 2 up to the second quarter 1979 and in issue No. 7 up to the third quarter 1981. Copies of these volumes are in the Library. Figures revised since appearing in these volumes are:
Dwellings: England Starts *1981 Q3 37, 430 Completions 1977 Q1 58, 578 Q2 63, 115 Q3 67, 734 Q4 72, 170 1978 Q1 57, 411 *1981 Q3 41, 590 *Provisional.