HC Deb 22 July 1986 vol 102 c193W
1985. Mr. Barry Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many houses were constructed by the public sector in Wales in (a) 1979 and (b)

Mr. Mark Robinson

4,351 and 1,673 dwellings were completed by the public sector in Wales in 1979 and 1985 respectively.

Mr. Anderson

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how the numbers of dwellings completed in Wales in May 1986 compared with the equivalent in May 1985; and how the numbers of dwelling completed from March to May 1986 compare with the number of dwellings completed in March to May 1985.

Mr. Mark Robinson

In May 1986 659 dwellings were completed in Wales, as compared with 797 in the same month of 1985. From March to May 1986, 1,839 dwellings were completed, as against 2,162 in the same period of the preceding year.