§ Mr. John Evansasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the number of public sector houses completed in Scotland, Wales and each of the eight regions of England served by an economic 643W planning council in the last year for which figures are available; and what were the figures for each of the last five years.
PUBLIC SECTOR DWELLINGS COMPLETED 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 (first nine months) Northern … 12,866 10,949 11,201 8,115 6,646 6,648 Yorkshire and Humberside 15,725 13,412 10,843 9,702 6,828 6,428 East Midlands … 8,182 8,667 7,620 7,413 7,604 6,259 East Anglia … 4,562 3,977 4,433 3,925 3,942 3,174 South East … 50,976 51,844 47,318 38,791 33,308 31,112 South West … 8,141 7,121 8,347 5,950 6,321 4,748 West Midlands … 21,268 17,384 13,722 8,008 7,245 7,086 North West … 21,070 25,003 20,367 16,633 14,363 11,659 Wales … 7,998 6,825 5,927 4,135 3,377 2,776 Scotland … 34,302 34,947 29,130 20,155 17,818 11,711 These figures relate to the revised economic planning regions constituted on 1st April 1974.