HC Deb 12 May 1971 vol 817 c110W
44. Mr. Rost

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total number of housing starts in the private sector in the first four months of 1971, and what increase in percentage terms this represents over the number of starts in the corresponding months of 1970.

Mr. Channon

The figures for the first four months of 1971 are not yet available. The total for the first quarter of 1970 was 29,635 and that for the first quarter of 1971 was 40,685, which, as my right hon. Friend announced in the House on 6th May represents an increase of some 37½ per cent.—[Vol. 816, c. 1683.]