§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many housing completions were recorded in (a) the private sector and (b) the public sector in the first six months of 1982; and what are the comparable figures for the first six months of 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981;
(2) how many housing starts there were in (a) the private sector and (b) the public sector in the first six months of 1982; and what are the comparable figures for the first six months of 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981;
(3) what is his latest estimate of the number of houses which will be (a) started and (b) completed in (i) the private sector and (ii) the public sector during 1982; and what are the comparable figures for the whole of 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981.
§ Sir George YoungThe available figures for 1982 are for January to May and these, with corresponding figures for the years 1978 to 1981, are as follows:
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Dwellings: England (thousand) Started Completed Public sector Private sector Public sector Private sector January-May 1978 38.7 51.0 46.0 51.5 January-May 1979 25.3 38.8 31.9 42.6
Started Completed Public sector Private sector Public sector Private sector January-May 1980 21.8 37.4 36.1 44.6 January-May 1981 10.6 40.4 33.7 38.5 January-May 1982* 18.6 51.3 18.7 39.2 * Provisional. The annual figures for 1979 to 1981 appear in table 1.3 of "Housing and Construction Statistics, Part 1, No. 9", a copy of which is available in the Library. In 1978 there were 93,100 public and 133,580 private dwellings started and 113,876 public and 127,487 private dwellings completed in England.
I have no estimates of the numbers which will be started and completed during 1982.