§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales what financial assistance has been sought from the Welsh Office by area health authorities in Wales towards the cost of producing bilingual printed forms; and what has been his Department's response.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsI am not aware of any formal request for such financial assistance. Standard bilingual forms are produced centrally at no direct cost to area health authorities.
146Wincluded in their housing improvement programmes, and the corresponding figures for the last 10 years: and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe numbers of local authority housing starts are given below:
Year Housing Starts 1970 4,849 1971 4,423 1972 2,760 1973 2,681 1974 6,215 1975 8,294 1976 6,662 1977 3,606 1978 3,680 1979 3,019 1980 2,343 Information on the number of local authority houses being improved at any one time is not collected centrally.