§ Mr. Cordleasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he is able to estimate from present trends the number of new public and private sector homes likely to be completed during 1975.
§ Mr. FreesonSuch estimates are not published by the Department, but, averaged over the first nine months of 1975, the annual rates in Great Britain have been 160,000 dwelling completions in the public sector and 150,000 in the private sector. In total, there were 14 per cent. more completions in these nine months than in the same period last year.
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total number of dwellings for which the building contract has been let by the Property Services Agency in the current financial year, or which are now under construction by the Property Services Agency, and what proportion are by the design-and-construction method.
§ Mr. FreesonThe information is as follows:
Total number of dwellings for which contracts have been let by PSA in the current financial year, 914.
Proportion by the "Design-and-Construction" method, 56 per cent.
Total number of dwellings now under construction by PSA, 3,184.
Proportion by the "Design-and-Construction" method, 53 per cent.
680WNotes: 1. "Design-and-Construction" includes develop and construct and design and build; it excludes package deals and purchases from developers.
2. Overseas dwellings are included.