HC Deb 20 January 1987 vol 108 cc475-6W
Dr. McDonald

asked 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. Tracey

Information 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. McDonald

asked 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. Tracey

Housing investment programme allocations for Thurrock district have been as follows:

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. McDonald

asked 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. Tracey

Information 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. McDonald

asked 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. Tracey

The 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. McDonald

asked 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. Tracey

Council'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.