§ 33. Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimates his Department has made of the number of housing completions (a) in the private and (b) in the public sectors in 1982.
§ Mr. StanleyWe have made no such estimates.
§ 46. Mr. Litherlandasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many houses were started in the private and public sectors in 1981.
§ Mr. StanleyAbout 102,000 private sector and 31,000 public sector dwellings were started in England in 1981.
§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what discussions have taken place through his normal consultative machinery, or otherwise under the aegis of his Department, of the findings of the Building Research Establishment in CP 76/78 regarding disparities between the manhours required to build public sector dwellings and those in the private sector.
§ Mr. StanleyI am not aware of any discussions of the findings of this paper, which was published in 1978.