§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is the average cost of housing association new building in the Greater London council and metropolitan county areas of (i) two-bedroomed and (ii) three-bedroomed houses;
(2) what is the average cost of new council houses (i) two-bedroomed and (ii) three-bedroomed for each Greater London council, or metropolitan county district housing authority.
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§ Sir George YoungIn 1984, the estimated average construction costs, excluding land, site works, and ancillary buildings and fees, of four bed-space and five bed-space local authority houses in the greater London area were £21,400 and £25,500, respectively; the comparable figures for the metropolitan counties of England as a whole were £17,200 and £19,400. Houses with four bed-spaces may have two or more bedrooms, while those with five bed-spaces generally have three bedrooms. The number of contracts was too few to provide meaningful figures for individual housing authorities.
Comparable data for housing association building are not available.