§ Mr. Hefferasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many dwellings have been (a) improved or gained by conversion and (b) repaired by local authorities in England as a result of housing expenditure on the renovation of the local authorities' own dwelling stock for the years 1979–80, 1980–81 and 1982–83.
§ Mr. GowNumbers of English local authority and new town dwelling conversions and improvements are published in Table 2.14 of "Housing and Construction Statistics": figures for 1979–80 are in issue No. 12 and later years in No. 15.
Estimates of numbers of dwellings covered by capitalised repairs are as follows:
Numbers 1979–80 300,000 1980–81 175,000 1981–82 175,000 1982–83 200,000 Information on dwellings repaired under revenue expenditure is not available.