§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many tenancies there were of each new town development corporation as at June 1979 and as at the most recent date for which figures are available.
§ Sir George YoungThe number of tenancies of each new town development corporation at the end of June 1979 and December 1981 were:
Town Tenancies at 30 June 1979 Tenancies at 31 December 1982 Basildon 17074 16517 CLNT 2109 4655 Milton Keynes 9807 13934
Gross local authority capital expenditure in England £ million cash Table 2.18 of which: 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Gross capital expenditure Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Forestry 42 40 58 109 90 110 122 58 Industry, Energy, Trade and Employment 4 5 8 20 25 37 47 47 Transport 439 376 424 547 648 565 588 782 Housing 2,038 1,836 1,910 2,507 2,217 2,140 2,245 2,757 Other environmental services 403 381 479 583 800 680 603 847 Law, order and protective services 70 62 60 69 97 101 117 141 Education and Science, arts and libraries 448 388 360 410 520 404 355 356 Health and personal social services 65 44 50 62 80 73 111 117 Total gross capital expenditure 3,509 3,133 3,348 4,308 4,476 4,109 4,189 5,105
§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the sources of funding for total gross capital expenditure by local authorities in
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Town Tenancies at 30 June 1979 Tenancies at 31 December 1982 Northampton 5475 6404 Peterborough 6570 7566 Redditch 6558 6769 Runcom 9170 8689 Skelmersdale 8048 7332 Telford 9434 9298 Warrington 2512 4438 Washington 7228 8365 83985 93967 The increase in tenancies between June 1979 and December 1982 represents an increase in the total housing stock, largely from schemes approved before May 1979, and a reduction in the number of unoccupied dwellings.