Stress Housing Areas (Council House Starts)

HC Deb 25 April 1980 vol 983 cc281-2W

Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what reduction he expects in starts in council house building in stress housing areas during the next 12 months.

Mr. Stanley

The number of council house building starts in the next 12 months will depend on the extent to which the local authorities decide to use their single-block housing investment programme allocations for new building rather than for other purposes.