HC Deb 28 July 1980 vol 989 cc534-5W
Mr. Skinner

asked 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 Finsberg

The 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.