§ 26. Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the estimated number of house building starts in the public sector for 1981.
§ Mr. StanleyI have made no such estimate.
§ 28. Mr. Flanneryasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many (a) council houses and (b) private houses were built in 1980; how many starts, in each case, have been made in 1981; and how many starts are projected in each category for 1982.
§ Mr. StanleyIn 1980, 68,000 council houses and 109,000 private houses were completed in England. An estimated 16,000 council houses and 80,000 private houses have been started in England in the first nine months of 1981.
No estimates have been made of the number of starts in either category in 1982.
§ 35. Mr. Winnickasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local authority and private sector housing starts will be undertaken during 1981.
§ Mr. StanleyIn the first nine months of 1981 there were 80,000 private sector and 16,000 local authority starts in England. No estimates have been made for the remainder of the year.