§ Sir Peter Hordernasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will now accept the general level of houses to be built, and their distribution, between London and the shire counties, as set out in the Serplan document.
§ Mr. WaldegraveIn its regional statement, SERPLAN provided estimates of the levels and distribution of housing provision required in the period 1991 to 2001. In his letter of regional strategic guidance, published on 19 June 1986, my right hon. Friend agreed that overall these estimates could provide a reasonable basis on which to bring forward proposals for structure plan alterations. He emphasised, however, that the figures should be regarded as neither prescriptive nor inflexible, and that they remained to be tested and revised in the process of structure plan reviews and in the light of the circumstances obtaining at the time.