HC Deb 29 March 1984 vol 57 c289W
Mr. Steen

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many new properties were built for council ownership in each of the last five years; and at what cost.

Sir George Young

Volume II of "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1984–85 to 1986–87" (Cmnd. 9143-II) shows, in table 2.7, English local authorities' housing capital expenditure on land and new dwellings, including estimates for 1983–84, and, in table 2.7.3, their dwelling completions, including a provisional figure for the first nine months of 1983. The provisional number of completions in 1983 appears in table 1.3(a) of "Housing and Construction Statistics" No. 16. Copies of both publications are in the Library.