§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local-authority housing projects have begun construction during the past two years by each of the Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield and Leeds local authorities.
§ Sir George YoungFigures are not available of house building projects started. Numbers of new dwellings started for each local authority, cumulative within calendar years up to June 1981, have been published in the quarterly "Local Housing Statistics" copies of which are in the Library.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of state for the Environment how many local authority housing projects are to be begun during the next two years in Liverpool.
§ Mr. HeseltineThis will depend on how Liverpool city council decides to spend its single block capital allocation and capital receipts.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has received a request from the Liverpool city council for financial assistance in dealing with the flooding of corporation blocks of flats and, in particular, pre-war tenements; and what reply he has sent.
§ Mr. HeseltineNo request for such assistance has been received from Liverpool city council. The Government have announced their intention of assisting local authorities with such problems and details of the arrangements will be provided to them shortly.