§ Mr. Winnickasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has about when contracts were last entered into by the Walsall metropolitan borough council for council house building; and if he will give the number of public sector dwellings in the borough needing improvement, modernisation and substantial repair work.
§ Sir George YoungFigures provided to my Department by Walsall MBC in its annual housing investment programme submissions show that no new council dwellings have been started since 1979–80, for which the number was 35.