§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local authority dwellings were let to new tenants in the year 1983–84, by region (a) through the waiting list normal allocation and (b) other.
§ Sir George YoungThe information provided by local authorities in their annual housing investment programme returns is as follows:
Local authority dwellings let to new tenants 1983–84 thousands Standard regions Secure tenancies: *Not secure tenancies Normal all ocation from waiting lists Other Northern 17.4 6.2 0.6 Yorkshire and Humberside 24.4 7.4 1.1 East Midlands 17.3 4.0 0.8 East Anglia 5.8 2.2 0.5 Greater London 13.6 22.0 1.6 Rest of South East 21.8 9.4 2.5 South West 10.1 4.5 0.8 West Midlands 20.6 8.9 0.7 North West 30.1 10.5 1.3 England 161.0 75.0 9.9 * Defined in schedule 3 to the Housing Act 1980.