§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will list, for each English new town, the total number of houses built for sale by private developers on 242W land made available to them by the new town, up to 30th September 1974; what percentage that figure represents of the total dwelling stock in the new town in each case; and what is the total rented stock for each new town, expressed in numerical terms.
§ Mr. John SilkinThe following table shows, in respect of each new town in England, at 30th September 1974, (a) the total number of houses built for sale by private developers on land made available to them by the development corporation; (b) the number of such privately built houses expressed as a percentage of the total number of new houses built in the town on land owned or made available by the development corporation; (c) the total remaining rented stock of the development corporation after taking account of sales of rented houses to tenants.
(a) Privately built houses (b) Percentage of total new houses built (c) remaining rented stock Aycliffe 335 4.9 5,444 Basildon 978 4.7 14,120 Bracknell 998 9.3 7,844 Central Lancashire — — 4 Corby 676 7.6 8,826 Crawley 2,427 15.6 9,686 Harlow 760 3.4 16,658 Hatfield 228 5.0 3,268 Hemel Hempstead 1,990 14.0 10,443 Milton Keynes 1,106 33.5 2,289 Northampton 659 20.7 2,375 Peterborough 217 9.8 2,006 Peterlee 371 5.0 6,483 Redditch 1,768 33.6 3,456 Runcorn 696 10.9 5,978 Skelmersdale 496 6.5 6,897 Stevenage 993 5.0 12,956 Telford 615 10.1 5,345 Warrington 498 71.8 348 Washington 1,945 32.7 3,505 Welwyn Garden City 300 4.5 5,740 In relation to the total dwelling stock of all types in the new town, the approximate percentage of houses built by private developers on land made available by the development corporation is shown in column (d) below. Column (e) shows the approximate total of rented stock, whether owned privately, by local authorities housing associations or development corporations. Both columns are based upon figures at 31st March 1974 the latest available.
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(d) (e) Column (a) as percentage of total dwelling stock Approximate total rented stock Aycliffe 4.8 5,500 Basildon 3.7 18,000 Bracknell 8.0 8,500 Central Lancashire — 31,000 Corby 4.5 12,000 Crawley 10.9 12,500 Harlow 3.1 18,500 Hatfield 2.7 5,500 Hemel Hempstead 8.5 14,000 Milton Keynes 5.8 10,000 Northampton 1.3 20,500 Peterborough 0.7 15,000 Peterlee 5.0 7,000 Redditch 20.0 7,000 Runcorn 4.4 10,500 Skelmersdale 6.2 10,000 Stevenage 4.3 14,000 Telford 2.0 18,000 Warrington 1.1 19,000 Washington 15.5 9,000 Welwyn Garden City 2.3 9,000