HC Deb 05 August 1971 vol 822 cc438-9W
47. Mr. Lipton

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many new council houses and flats were started and completed in the first half of 1971; and what the comparable figures were for the first half of 1970.

Mr. Amery

58,200 local authority dwellings were started in Great Britain in the first half of 1971 and 66,700 were completed, compared with 64,900 starts and 77,100 completions in the first half of 1970.