§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the self-build projects which will benefit from loans or grants from the Housing Corporation for the building of houses in England in the current financial year.
§ Sir George YoungThe details of individual schemes are a matter for the Housing Corporation.
§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 19 January,Official Report, column 162, which Government Department holds information on how many completed self-build units are achieved in the United Kingdom each year; and if there are any comparable figures available to illustrate how the United Kingdom compares with other European countries.
§ Sir George YoungThe Department of the Environment collects a range of house-building data but 655W this does not separately distinguish self-build activity. Information on completions of self-build housing is not collected by any other Government Department. Comparable official figures for other European countries are not known, nor is any unofficial source for such figures known.