§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the local authorities throughout Great Britain which have a policy of providing chimneys in all future new house building.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe Department does not collect this information.
Disposals of dwellings in England and Wales by: Local authorities New towns Built for sale Other Built for sale Other Total 1953 to 1959 … … … 13,103 919 14,022 1960 … … … 1,202 1,687 206 74 3,169 1961 … … … 1,446 2,349 247 106 4,148 1962 … … … 1,576 2,828 557 100 5,061 1963 … … … 1,149 2,524 156 329 4,158 1964 … … … 1,253 2,564 242 223 4,282 1965 … … … 1,374 2,216 506 273 4,369 1966 … … … 1,108 3,798 436 483 5,825 1967 … … … 1,667 3,200 548 82 5,497 1968 … … … 1,408 8,571 300 155 10,434 1969 … … … 1,060 7,530 224 260 9,094 1970 … … … 585 6,231 328 223 7,367 1971 … … … 363 16,851 659 2,498 20,371 1972 … … … 820 45,058 476 15,627 61,981 1973 … … … 614 33,720 243 7,268 41,845 1974 … … … 504 4,153 60 677 5,394 1975 … … … 634 2,089 52 175 2,950 1976 … … … 914* 4,879† 23 79 5,895 1977 … … … 525 12,495 29 338 13,387 1978 … … … 685 29,360 125 449 30,619 1979 … … … 800 40,860 34 779 42,473 * Includes 268 dwellings sold by one authority between 1974 and 1976. † Includes some dwellings "built for sale" sold under shared ownership arrangements. No information is available for years prior to 1953.