§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales when he expects the
520Wtween such expenditure on new dwellings and other items of capital expenditure, including improvement, is similar to the allocation for 1979–80 shown in table 2.7;
(2) how many new dwelling starts were represented by the sum of £1,036 million shown as local authority capital expenditure on new dwellings for 1979–80 in table 2.7 of Cmnd. 7841;
(3) what is (a) the average cost of a new local authority dwelling, including land, (b) the average cost of existing dwellings acquired by local authorities, (c) the average investment per dwelling on improvements and (d) the average improvement grant per dwelling in England and Wales at 1979 survey prices.
§ Mr. StanleyI will answer these questions shortly.