§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the number of completions of units of accommodation by the local authority in the Thurrock constituency in 1983 and 1986.
§ Mr. TraceyInformation on local authority housebuilding is not kept on a constituency basis. Numbers of new dwellings completed by Thurrock borough council in 1983 and the first half of 1986 appear in issues Nos. 73 and 79 of "Local Housing Statistics" which are available in the Library.
They are as follows:
Number 1983 149 11986 10 1first half
§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the amount of the housing improvement programme allocation for Thurrock district council for each year from 1978–79 to 1986–87.
§ Mr. TraceyHousing investment programme allocations for Thurrock district have been as follows:
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Year HIP Allocation £000 1978–79 3,424 1979–80 3,607 1980–81 3,101 1981–82 3,093 1982–83 3,217 1983–84 2,900 1984–85 2,849 1985–86 2,596 1986–87 3,207 In addition, the council has been able to use part of its capital receipts.
§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the number of completions of privately owned units of accommodation in the Thurrock constituency between 1983 and 1986.
§ Mr. TraceyInformation on private sector housebuilding is not kept on a constituency basis. Numbers of new dwellings completed by the private sector in the Thurrock borough council area in the years 1983 to 1986 appear in issues Nos. 73, 74, 78 and 79 of "Local Housing Statistics" which are available in the Library.
They are as follows:
Number 1983 431 1984 423 1985 415 19861 188 1First half.
§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the number of units of accommodation owned by Thurrock borough council in the Thurrock constituency between 1983 and 1986.
§ Mr. TraceyThe information is not held on a constituency basis. The total number of dwellings owned by Thurrock borough council at 1 April 1983 and 1 April 1986 was 16,529 and 15,236.
§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Secrertary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the number of prefabricated concrete cement houses in the Thurrock constituency (a) in private ownership, having been purchased from the local authority in 1986, and (b) continuing in local authority ownership in 1986.
§ Mr. TraceyCouncil's 1986 housing investment programme return shows that there were 247 prefabricated reinforced concrete houses in the Thurrock borough council area in private ownership at 1 April 1986. It is reasonable to assume that all these were bought from the local authority. The return showed 340 PRC houses in the ownership of the local authority at the same date.