§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will now reply to the letter of 24th January from Lieutenant-Colonel R. G. Satterthwaite, OBE, Director and General Secretary of the National Playing Fields Association, requesting the precise terms of reference for the information and research programme
PRIVATE ENTERPRISE HOUSING INQUIRY: EXPECTED AND ACTUAL PRIVATE SECTOR DWELLING STARTS, GREAT BRITAIN Thousand dwellings 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 Date of inquiry May May April April April April April April April April March Expected starts 248 220 222 205 190 170 200 225 250 155 135 Actual starts … 211 193 234 200 167 165 207 227 215 105 — Estimates from inquiries at other dates appear in Table 19(a) of Housing and Construction Statistics (HMSO) for the years from 1968 and for earlier years in Housing Statistics (HMSO): copies are available in the Library.
Builders' expectations at any particular time are, of course, conditioned by the prevailing circumstances, which may subsequently change.