HC Deb 02 May 1984 vol 59 cc150-1W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many new starts there have been in non-housing construction in each of the years since 1974 in (a) the public sector and (b) the private sector.

Sir George Young

The information on starts is not available. The values of non-housing construction new orders obtained by private contractors for Great Britain in 1980 prices are as follows:

Year Public Sector £ million Private Sector £ million
1974 4,375 4,760
1975 4,706 3,263
1976 4,879 3,756
1977 4,015 4,245
1978 3,881 4,725
1979 3,621 4,522
1980 3,248 4,165
1981 4,006 4,467
1982 3,688 4,216
1983 (provisional) 4,342 4,434