§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many housing starts there were in the first half of 1969, the second half of 1969, the first half of 1970, the second half of 1970 and in 1971 to the nearest convenient date.
§ Mr. AmeryNo figures are yet available for 1971 because of the postal strike.
Those for earlier periods are published and are available in the Library, in the published Housing Statistics or (in the case of the figures for the latter part of 1970) the January issue of the Monthly Digest of Statistics.