§ Mr. Youngerasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he made, after the economy measures of January, 1968, of the planned approvals for local authority housing in the year 1969; and 321W what was the actual number of approvals of local authority houses in 1969.
§ Mr. RossThe number of local authority houses approved in 1969 was 26,806. Planned approvals relate to the public sector—covering the local authorities, the new towns and the Scottish
CUMULATIVE APPROVALS Total from 1st January, 1965 to 31st December Planned Actual 1965 … … … … … … 30,000 31,676 1966 … … … … … … 62,000 62,380 1967 … … … … … … 96,000 101,478 1968 … … … … … … 130,500 135,227 1969 … … … … … … 167,000 168,983
PROGRESS BY YEARS Approved Approved and awaiting start Construction started Under construction Completed 1st January, 1965 … 12,644 35,913 1965 … 31,676 31,935 26,584 1st January, 1966 … 12,385 41,264 1966 … 30,704 27,096 27,515 1st January, 1967 … 15,993 40,845 1967 … 39,098 34,951 33,222 1st January, 1968 … 20,140 42,574 1968 … 33,749 34,009 32,011 1st January, 1969 … 19,880 44,572 1969 … 33,756 30,393 33,932 1st January, 1970 … 23,243 41,033