§ Mr. Brayasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the total of public investment in new construction for the years 1961 to 1971, inclusive, giving both the absolute figures and those per capita for the North-West Region.
§ Mr. AmeryThe bulk of the information requested is published, for recent years only, in the Abstract of Regional Statistics. The only per capita figures available for the North-West Region are given in the table below.
vice for 1965–66 onwards. They are published in Table 37 of the Abstract of Regional Statistics. Public investment in new construction in the Northern Region, which comprises Cumberland, Durham, Northumberland, Westmorland and the North Riding of Yorkshire, as a percentage of public investment in Great Britain was as follows:
Per cent. 1965–66 5.1 1966–67 5.9 1967–68 6.7 1968–69 6.6 1969–70 7.3 1970–71 7.3