§ Mr. Ashdownasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he is taking to accelerate the standardisation of fire resistance tests within the European Economic Community.
§ Sir George YoungThe Commission of the European Communities is preparing proposals for standardisation of 21W fire resistance tests for building materials. As these proposals develop, the Department will be consulting the fire test laboratories and the industry through the appropriate British Stadards Institution committees.
Dwellings completed by local authorities in Hampshire by calendar year 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Basingstoke 36 8 9 62 2 8 28 East Hampshire 87 126 144 82 59 37 42 Eastleigh 74 137 0 53 83 19 93 Fareham 188 0 59 0 97 22 54 Gosport 181 131 47 58 51 75 33 Hart 72 30 117 19 16 72 80 Havant 128 133 104 67 76 78 122 New Forest 205 134 130 111 87 45 151 Portsmouth 282 263 24 0 56 105 58 Rushmoor 244 0 222 37 0 0 49 Southampton 290 148 79 177 172 75 92 Test Valley 123 185 64 81 139 89 44 Winchester 137 149 133 28 65 58 68 TOTAL 2,047 1,444 1,132 775 903 683 914
§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people were on the waiting list for council accommodation in each of the local authority areas in Hampshire as of 31 May; and what was the figure on 31 May 1981.
§ Sir George YoungThis information is not held centrally. Local authorities' own criteria for accepting people on to their waiting lists may vary from time to time and thus make comparisons problematic.