HC Deb 16 June 1971 vol 819 cc88-9W
Miss Fookes

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total number of houses started in the public sector during the first four months of 1971; and how this compares with the number of starts for the corresponding period of 1970.

Mr. Amery

44,500 dwellings in the first four months of 1971 as against 43,600 in the same period of 1970, an increase of 2 per cent.