§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many housing associations have been registered under the provisions of the Housing Act 1974 in each of the standard regions of England.
§ Mr. ArmstrongThe information is not available in the exact form requested. Housing associations are registered by the Housing Corporation and the figures for registrations to date, broken down by Housing Corporation regions, are as follows:
North Thames … … 48 South Thames … … 51 South-West … … 22 East Midlands … … 7 West Midlands … … 17 North-West … … 11 North-East … … 6 England total … … 162