HC Deb 26 July 1977 vol 936 c159W
Mr. David Young

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish statistics showing in order council house starts by Bolton metropolitan district from 1974 to date in comparison with other metropolitan districts.

Mr. Armstrong

The information is as follows:

Local Authority Dwellings Started: English Metropolitan Districts 1st April 1974 to31st March 1977:
Bolton 1,477
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 1,353
Newcastle upon Tyne 3,769
North Tyneside 2,510
South Tyneside 1,706
Sunderland 1,102
South Yorkshire
Barnsley 1,016
Doncaster 1,932
Rotherham 2,966
Sheffield 4,413
West Yorkshire
Bradford 1,209
Calderdale 546
Kirklees 1,479
Leeds 3,695
Wakefield 1,618
West Midlands
Birmingham 10,542
Coventry 849
Dudley 1,401
Sandwell 2,123
Solihull 494
Walsall 2,243
Wolverhampton 2,132
Greater Manchester
Bury 590
Manchester 7,039
Oldham 2,508
Rochdale 326
Salford 2,859
Stockport 1,034
Tameside 774
Trafford 654
Wigan 1,667
Merseyside
Knowsley 59
Liverpool 3,922
St. Helens 335
Sefton 989
Wirral 631