§ Mr. Arnoldasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what were the figures for North-West local authorities' expenditure in the construction industry during the financial years 1980–81 and 1981–82.
§ Sir George YoungI regret that the information is not available.
§ Mr. Arnoldasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he is satisfied with the level of local authority expenditure in the construction industry in (a) the North-West and (b) elsewhere in England.
§ Sir George YoungThe Government are concerned about the extent to which local authorities throughout the370W country have failed to take full advantage of the resources available for capital investment and about the effects of that on the construction industry. But there has been a very encouraging response to the offer of additional capital expenditure allocations to enable authorities to bring into their programme investment which would not otherwise take place this year.