§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his latest estimate of the number of housing starts that will be made in the public sector and the private sector in the current year; and what steps he proposes to take to increase construction.
766Wconsistent date, the number of (a) chartered surveyors, (b) quantity surveyors (c) non-chartered quantity surveyors and (d) quantity surveying assistants employed by the Property Services Agency.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe figures for quantity surveyors and quantity surveying assistants are:
Corresponding figures for previous years at 1 April are not available, but figures for March 1976 and January 1977 were:
§ Mr. StanleyOn the first part of the question, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave earlier today to the hon. Member for Blackburn (Mr. Straw); and on the second part, to the answer given earlier to-day to the hon. Member for Huddersfield, East (Mr. Sheerman).