§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing housing starts in each region in the quarter to April, showing the percentage change in starts from the quarter ended April 1988.
§ Mr. Trippier[holding answer 21 July 1989]: Housebuilding starts for regions in England in the three months to April 1989 and the corresponding period a year earlier are given in the table.
Housebuilding starts in thousands February to April 1988 1989 Percentage change North 2.4 2.5 + 2 Yorkshire and Humberside 4.4 4.2 -4 East Midlands 5.8 4.7 -19 East Anglia 4.4 3.5 -19 South East: Greater London 3.5 4.0 + 13 Rest of South East 16.5 12.0 -27 South West 6.9 5.4 -22 West Midlands 5.5 4.0 -28 North West 4.7 4.8 + 1 England 54.1 45.1 -17