§ Mrs Dunwoodyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list by local authority (a) the number of residential units built, (b) the number of residential units sold and (c) the number of improvements grant issued by each local authority in each of the last five years.
§ Sir George YoungInformation returned to my Department by English local authorities is published 363W regularly in the quarterly "Local Housing Statistics", copies of which are available in the Library. From time to time revised figures are published incorporating late returns.
The relevant issues of "Local Housing Statistics" are as follows. I will write to the hon. Member with information where a consolidated set of revised figures has not appeared.
Dwellings completed for local authorities Issue number Dwellings sold by local authorities Issue number Renovation grants paid Issue number 1979 59 53 53; late returns in 54, 55 and 57 1980 57; late returns in 59 to 62 62 (1980–81) 57; late returns in 58 to 61 1981 65 63 (1981–82) 65 1982 66 67 (1982–83) 69 1983 69 69 (first half 1983–84) 69 Note: First quarter 1980 sales figures not published.