§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish figures of the number of permanent dwellings started by(a) local authorities and (b) housing associations each year from 1978 to 1993 and the estimates for the number of permanent dwellings in each category to be started each year from 1994 to 1996 under current provisions for public sector housing investment.
§ Sir George YoungEstimates of housebuilding starts for England are shown in the publication "Housing and Construction Statistics". Figures for each year from 1982 to 1992 are in table 6.1(a) of the 1982 to 1992 annual edition. Figures for 1978 to 1981 are in the same table of the editions for earlier years: 1980 and 1981 figures are in the 1980–1990 edition; 1978 and 1979 figures are in the 1978–1988 edition. Copies of these publications are in the Library.
The Department does not predict the number of houses to be built by local authorities or by housing associations.