HC Deb 27 May 1976 vol 912 cc311-2W
Mr. Hardy

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list those local housing authorities which achieved satisfactory house building programmes, according to his Department's definition, during 1975–76; and if he will name the 10 authorities with the largest programmes proportionate to their populations;

(2) if he will make a statement on the size of a council's house building programme which he would regard as achieving a satisfactory level in 1975–76; and if he will express this in terms of the number of houses completed or under construction per 100,000 population.

Mr. Freeson

The desirable size of building programmes should be decided

ACCIDENTS ON THE A57*: 1967–1975
Number of accidents
A. Between the M1† intersection and the Rotherham/Sheffield boundary
1967–69 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Fatal … … N/A 2 — — 2 2 —
Serious … … N/A 7 4 6 4 2 2
Slight … … N/A 17 11 20 15 13 10
All accidents … … 59 26 15 26 21 17 12

B. Between the M1‡ intersection and the Yorkshire/Nottinghamshire boundary
1967–69 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Fatal … … N/A 1 3 — — 1 1
Serious … … N/A 1 6 4 11 5 7
Slight … … N/A 6 15 12 26 10 8
All accidents … … 65 8 24 16 37 16 16
* The M18 and M1 Motorways merge at Brampton and continue south as the M1, meeting the A57 at junction 31.
† Excluding accidents on the M1/A57 roundabout.
‡ Including accidents on the M1/A57 roundabout.
N/A = Not available.

not by a fixed national criteria, but in the light of local circumstances and need. In 1975, the latest year for which figures are available the following 10 authorities in England and Wales completed the largest number of dwellings proportionate to their populations; but this in itself is not a satisfactory criterion by which to assess progress in meeting overall housing needs in the area concerned.

  1. 1. City of London
  2. 2. St. Edmundsbury
  3. 3. Basingstoke
  4. 4. Chester-le-Street
  5. 5. Nottingham
  6. 6. Crawley
  7. 7. Daventry
  8. 8. Wychavon
  9. 9. Taunton Deane
  10. 10. Carmarthen.

The average number of local authority and new town dwellings completed per 100,000 population in England and Wales in 1975 was 250.