§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT an analysis of the number of new houses commenced in the public sector in each of the local authority areas of Wales for each of the past five years.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe total number of new houses started in the public sector in Wales in each of the past five years were as follows:
1969 … … … … 7,028 1970 … … … … 5,133 1971 … … … … 5,320 1972 … … … … 3,359 1973 … … … … 2,992 For details of the number started in each local authority area I would refer the hon. Member to the quarterly publication "Local Housing Statistics", copies of which are available in the Library. The numbers of the relevant volumes in the series giving information for the last five years are listed below:
Year
- 1968 No. 9 (dated February 1969) Table 5.
- 1969 No. 13 (dated February 1970) Table 4.
- 1970 No. 17 (dated February 1971) Table 4.
- 1971 No. 21 (dated February 1972) Table 4.
- 1972 No. 25 (dated February 1973) Table 5.
- 1973 (first half) No. 27 (dated August 1973) Table 5.
Detailed figures for the latter half of 1973 have not yet been published.