HC Deb 20 October 1971 vol 823 c119W
Mr. Chapman

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the number of starts in the private housing sector to the latest date in 1971 for which figures are available; and what is the relative figure for the same period of 1970.

Mr. Channon

There were 129,000 starts in the private housing sector in Great Britain in the period January—August, 1971 compared with 107,600 in the same period last year, an increase of 20 per cent.