§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many operatives and professional, clerical and administrative staff were employed in local authority direct labour building departments in October 1978, April 1979 and October 1979 on (a) new housing, (b) other new work, (c) housing repairs and maintenance and (d) non-housing repairs and maintenance.
§ Mr. StanleyThe information is as follows:
price and the number of dwellings involved.
§ Mr. StanleyThe information for the period 26 June 1979 to 15 April 1980, which is available to the Department is given in the table below. The Department has in this period been informed of one building-for-sale scheme being undertaken by direct labour, namely, a scheme of 21 dwellings associated with the 43 dwellings being built for rent at Poole Road, Sheffield—see table. A tender cost of these 21 dwellings is not 187W available; the Department does not require that tender costs of buildings-for-
DIRECT LABOUR HOUSING SCHEMES ENGLAND: 26 JUNE 1979 TO 15 APRIL 1980 Local authority Name of scheme Tender price £ Number of dwellings Derwentside … Langley Phase 1 … 156,000 11 Greencroft Phase 2 … 1,098,000 82 Sheffield … Poole Road … 463,000 43 Derby … Bateman Street Phase 2 … 1,063,000 79 Harlow … Watlington Road … 221,000 12 Greenwich … Plumstead High Street Stage 2A … 311,000 10 Lambeth … Clive Road 1A, 1B and 1C … 1,875,000 105 … Lillieshall … 1,079,000 58 Waltham Forest … Acacia Road Phase 5 … 1,226,000 75 Cannock Chase … Queen Street … 443,000 26 Coventry … Moat House … 43,000 2 Sandwell … Heath Street … 833,000 64 Stoke on Trent … Meir Park … 811,000 66 Blackburn … Galligreaves Street Phase 3 … 757,000 54 Manchester … Bignor/Bellott Street … 1,296,000 109 Ladybarn Village … 930,000 68 … Pioneer Street … 984,000 66 Winston Road Area, A, B, C and D … 1,874,000 143 St. Helens … Athol Street Phase 2 … 1,059,000 70 … Athol Street Phase 3 … 1,292,000 90 … Earlstown Centre … 1,328,000 89