§ Sir George Youngasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether his Department was consulted by the London borough of Ealing about the development of St. Paul's Playing Fields, Ealing, as required by his letter dated 12th February 1975 to the Mercers Company ref. APP/4410/A/73/6092 and 6093.
Number of dwellings: Started Completed District 1974 January-September 1975 1974 January-September 1975 Bolton … … 768 746 701 496 Bury … … 217 487 96 240 Manchester … … 2,827 1,574 2,614 2,027 Oldham … … 615 459 791 643 Rochdale … … 110 122 190 167 Salford … … 902 1,115 726 644 Stockport … … 264 459 465 265 Thameside … … 570 175 562 390 Trafford … … 341 294 536 146 Wigan … … 423 434 463 307 Greater Manchester … … 7,037 5,865 7,144 5,325 Estimates of starts and completions in the area of Greater Manchester are:
Number of dwellings: 1970 1971 1972 1973 Started … … … 8,586 7,323 5,787 6,844 Completed … … … 11,298 10,964 7,384 5,581