§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many additional rented dwellings have been provided in each of the standard regions of England to date by housing associations registered under the Housing Act 1974.
§ Mr. ArmstrongThe information is not available in the form requested: the registration of housing associations is still far from complete and no separate statistics are available for the associations which have so far been registered. However, the following table shows new dwellings completed by all housing associations during 1974 and the first quarter of 1975:
Dwellings completed Region 1974 1975 (1st quarter) North 550 36 North West 1,333 500 Yorkshire and Humberside 548 194 West Midlands 570 220 East Midlands 262 125 London 1,093 289 South East 1,099 618 South West 609 231 6,064 2,213 In addition, 3,973 improvement grant approvals were given during 1974 and 2,154 in the first quarter of 1975.