HC Deb 09 July 2002 vol 388 c882W
Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what was the cash value of Government investment in housing, excluding(a) housing benefit, (b) mortgage tax relief and (c) council tax relief in each year since 1997. [64370]

Mr. McNulty

The following table shows housing capital resources allocated to local authorities in each year since 1997.

House building: permanent dwellings completed
Number of dwellings
Region 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Oxfordshire 1,797 2,526 2,448 2,113 1,850
Surrey 2,673 2,462 2,439 2,310 2,607
West Sussex 2,776 2,533 2,015 1,763 1,506
South West
Avon 5,444 3,523 2,899 2,351 2,190
Cornwall 1,424 1,935 1,923 2,108 2,150
Devon 3,567 3,099 3,668 3,114 3,187
Dorset 2,215 1,819 2,082 1,968 2,014
Gloucestershire 1,773 1,902 1,665 1,687 1,683
Somerset 1,443 1,490 1,806 1,826 1,775
Wiltshire 2,839 2,684 2,019 2,240 2,329