§ Mr. John H. Osbornasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Report the total number of housing starts in Yorkshire and Humberside, South Yorkshire and Sheffield, respectively, in each of the last 10 years, indicating the number in the private sector in each case; and if he will compare this with the total housing stock, both in public and private sector, at the end of each year.
§ Sir George YoungFigures of housing starts, for the private sector and in total, in Yorkshire and Humberside, South Yorkshire and Sheffield from 1972 to 1980 were published in, respectively, issues 25, 29, 33, 37, 41, 45, 49, 53, table 5, and 57, table 4 of "Local Housing Statistics". Revised 1979 and 1980 figures for Yorkshire and Humberside appear in table 1.2 of "Housing and Construction Statistics: Part 1, No. 7" and revised 1979 figures for South Yorkshire appear in table 4(b) of "Local Housing Statistics" issue 59. Copies of these publications are in the Library.
In the first nine months of 1981 an estimated 10, 040 dwellings were started in Yorkshire and Humberside, of which 7, 630 were in the private sector. For Sheffield 952 and 763 starts, respectively, were reported; figures for the whole of South Yorkshire have not yet been received.