§ Mr. Freesonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Brent, East on 23 June regarding the construction cost of flatlets, what are the gross unit costs, including land and site works, for the dwellings concerned.
Stocks held by manufacturers at end of: No. of weeks' supply 1980 1979 Bricks May 8 7 Concrete roofing tiles March 8 12 Cement May 1 1 Clinker for cement-making May 4 4 Plasterboard May 3 3 Asbestos cement goods March 8 13 Slates for roofing and damp courses March 8 13 Timber importers held 15 weeks' stocks of softwood, for construction and other uses, at the end of February 1980 and 16 weeks' stocks a year earlier.
Information about merchants' stocks of building materials is not collected.