§ Mr. Winnickasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many public sector housing starts were under way in (a) Birmingham, (b) Coventry, (c) Wolverhampton, (d) Dudley, (e) Sandwell and (f) Walsall in each year since 1977 to the latest available date.
§ Sir George YoungThe reported numbers of dwellings under construction for the authorities and for other public sector bodies appear in "Local Housing Statistics", available in the Library, in the following issues which, from 1979, include revisions and late return.
End of December Number 1977 45 1978 49 1979 59 1980 *57 1981 65 1982 66 1983 70 1984† 72 * Except Sandwell in 59 and Birmingham in 60. † End of September. The local authority figures for Birmingham include overspill building.