§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on housing construction in Liverpool in the past three years; and if he will show how his Department's publication, "Local Housing Statistics", takes account of starts in the private and other public sectors which became transferred to the local authority.
§ Mr. John PattenIn the three years 1982 to 1984, 793 dwellings were completed in Liverpool for the city council, 1,499 for housing associations and 2,091 for the private sector.
If any dwelling is first reported by an authority as started in one category of ownership but is reported, in a later period, to have been transferred before completion to another category, the numbers shown as under construction at the end of that period in the two categories are adjusted to reflect the transfer. In due course, the dwelling appears in completions in the new category in "Local Housing Statistics". Liverpool city council reported that 88 dwellings which had been started in the private sector were transferred to it and included as completions for the council in 1983. No such transfers were reported for 1982 or 1984.