HC Deb 21 February 1973 vol 851 c101W
Mr. Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local authority houses and how many private houses were built in the local authority areas covered by the Macclesfield constituency in 1970, 1971 and 1972.

Mr. Eyre

The numbers of dwellings reported completed in the Macclesfield constituency are as follows:

For local authorities For private owners
1970 72 476
1971 35 630
1972 42 827

Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many houses were built by local authorities for sale in England and Wales in each of the past two years.

Mr. Eyre

In 1972, local authorities reported selling 820 dwellings which they had built for sale. The figure for 1971 was 363.