§ Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the number of houses in the private and public sector which have been built in each of the regions in the United Kingdom during each of the years since 1970, to the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. ChannonThe numbers of dwellings completed in the first eight months of 1973 were:—
Public Sector Private Sector Northern 5,074 8,582 Yorkshire and Humberside 4,275 11,417 East Midlands 4,789 11,107 East Anglia 2,524 7,331 South Fast 22,252 30,556 South West 4,242 14,008 West Midlands 4,650 11,452 North West 9,453 14,984 Wales 2,204 7,547 Scotland 11,464 8,109 Northern Ireland 4,543 2,752 For the years 1970, 1971 and 1972, figures for the English regions, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland appear in Tables 17, 16(b), 16(c) and 16(e), respectively, of Housing and Construction 82W Statistics No. 4. Copies of this publication are available in the Library.