§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what have been the numbers of house improvements(a) local authority,(b) other and(c) in total started so far in the current year, with comparable figures for each year since and including 1970.
§ Mr. StanleyMy Department does not collect information on numbers of house improvements started. Following is the available information on work for local authorities and new towns and for housing association grant at approval stage up to 1977 and at completion stage from 1978 and on grants paid to private owners:
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Dwellings converted or improved with aid of grant or subsidy England First 3 quarters of Local authority and new town* Other† Thousand dwellings Total 1970 30.5 not available not available 1971 39.2 67.9 107.1 1972 73.0 88.4 161.5 1973 87.8 124.2 212.0 1974 61.3 159.7 221.0
First 3 quarters of Local authority and new town* Other† Thousand dwellings Total 1975 29.5 70.5 100.0 1976 30.0 62.2 92.2 1977 24.6 55.9 80.5 1978 47.2 51.4 98.6 1979 52.5 60.5 113.1 1980 59.7 66.7 126.4 1981 (provisional) 38.6 58.6 97.2 * The figures for new towns are not available from first quarter 1978 to first quarter 1980 inclusive. They include improvement for sale from first quarter 1981. † The figures comprise work financed by housing association grant and private owner grants—including some to housing associations—and in 1981 they include grants paid to tenants in the public and private sectors.