HC Deb 06 December 1974 vol 882 c657W
Mr. Cyril Smith

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what were the total number of housing starts, in both the public and private sectors, in the second and third quarters of 1974 and in the same quarters of 1973.

Mr. Kaufman

Including a provisional estimate for September, 137,200 dwellings were started in Great Britain during these two quarters of 1974, compared with 178,200 in the same period of 1973.