HC Deb 18 March 1985 vol 75 c339W
Dr. Hampson

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the precentage increase in house improvements in Leeds for 1984 or the latest year for which figures are available.

Sir George Young

The total of conversions and improvements of local authority dwellings and of grant aided renovations of housing association and private dwellings in the first nine months was 16 per cent. higher in 1984 than in 1983.

Dr. Hampson

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the percentage increase in housing starts in Leeds, in both the private and public sectors, for 1984 compared with 1983 and compared with the United Kingdom as a whole.

Sir George Young

The following percentage changes calculated from the number of starts reported in Leeds and published in "Local Housing Statistics" and estimated starts in the United Kingdom published in table 1.2 of "Housing and Construction Statistics" No. 19.

House-building starts January to September 1983 and of 1984: percentage changes
Public Private All
Leeds -58 +30 -1
United Kingdom (provisional) -16 -7 -9