§ Mr. Marksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what additional provision of sheltered accommodation has been made by local authorities in each of the past four years.
§ Sir George YoungThe information available about new building is as follows:
Numbers of Sheltered Dwellings for the Elderly: England Local Authorities and New Towns 1979 1980 1981 *1982 Tenders approved 4,405 2,735 † † Started † ‡1,661 3,454 4,200 Completed † ‡4,784 5,742 3,600 * Provisional. † Not available. ‡ 2nd half year. In addition, about 800 sheltered units were provided in 1980–81 by conversion or adaptation of existing local authority dwellings and about 1,000 in 1981–82: figures for other periods are not available.