§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the average cost, by region, of building a twobedroomed and a three-bedroomed council house, respectively.
§ Mr. ChannonFigures are not available for houses with two and three bedrooms; but for the broadly corresponding classes of houses built for four and five persons, the average cost of construc-166W tion in tenders approved for local authorities in each region in 1970 was as follows:
Region 2-storey houses 4 persons 2-storey houses 5 person Northern 2,918 3,187 Yorkshire and Humberside 2,923 3,118 North West 3,249 3,505 East Midlands 3,043 3,277 West Midlands 3,336 3,457 East Anglia 2,882 3,159 South East* 3,349 3,521 South West 3,083 3,380 Wales 3,149 3,491 England and Wales* 3,143 3,398 * Excluding building for the Greater London Council. These figures exclude the cost of land, site works, ancillary buildings and fees.