§ Mr. Frank R. Whiteasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the figures for local housing auth
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE: RENOVATION OF LOCAL AUTHORITY DWELLINGS £ million 1979 survey prices 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 Greater Manchester Metropolitan County Regions— … 63 42 33 29 41 Northern … … … … 81 53 41 34 40 Yorkshire and Humberside … … 72 40 42 35 34 North West … … … … 123 78 66 54 69 East Midlands … … … … 42 36 28 26 28 West Midlands … … … … 50 40 46 49 52 Eastern … … … … 28 23 18 17 24 London … … … … 85 122 136 163 190 South East … … … … 16 18 19 21 25 South West … … … … 24 14 15 17 19 Total England … … … … 521 424 411 416 481 Requests for Welsh and Scottish figures should be directed to the Secretaries of State for Wales and Scotland respectively.
(b) Housebuilding starts and completions figures are published in "Local Housing Statistics: England and Wales", copies of which may be found in the Library. Calendar year figures for 1974 to 1978 are given in editions 33, 37, 41, 45 and 49 respectively. Edition 52 contains figures for the first three quarters of 1979. Scottish figures for the period 1974 to 1979 (first three quarters) may be found in "Housing and Construction Statistics No. 31" also kept in the Library.