§ Mr. Sean Hughesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of local authority housing, construction and repair work is carried out under contract to private firms.
§ Sir George YoungThe Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy publication "Direct Labour Organisations Statistics 1982–83 Actuals" gives details of the amount of building construction and maintenance work carried out by authorities' own employees and by outside constractors respectively. The figures do not, however, distinguish between housing and other work.