HC Deb 23 January 1974 vol 867 cc291-2W
Mr. John Hannam

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the number of houses constructed in Exeter during the last eight years, on a year-by-year basis.

Mr. Channon

The numbers of dwelling completions reported in the Exeter county borough area during the years 1966 to 1972 appear in Local Housing Statistics, on page 26 of issue No. 1 and page 41 of Nos. 5, 9, 13, 17, 21 and 25 respectively. Copies of these publications are in the Library. Corresponding figures for 1965 and for the first nine months of 1973 are 525 and 182.

Mr. John Hannam

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the number of house conversions and modernisations carried out in Exeter during the past eight years, on a year by year basis.

Mr. Eyre

Following are the numbers of dwellings in Exeter county borough for which grants were approved:

improvement grants approved
for conversions for other improvements
1965 10 158
1966 15 104
1967 11 98
1968 8 255
1969 7 515
1970 12 526
1971 17 896
1972 52 673
1973 first nine
months 51 429