§ Mr. LofthouseTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list by year for the last 15 years for which figures are available the annual number of completions within Wakefield metropolitan district council area of (i) private sector houses and flats, (ii) council arid new town houses and flats, and (iii) housing associations' housing and flats.
§ Mr. TrippierHousebuilding completions as reported by Wakefield district council for 1986 and 1987 are as follows:
Local authority Housing association Private sector 1986 59 58 251 1987 54 — 427 Figures for 1980 to 1985 appear in table 1 of "Housebuilding in England by local authority areas: 1980 to 1987". For earlier years figures appear in the following issues of "Local Housing Statistics":
Year Issue No. Table 1974 33 5 1975 37 5 1976 41 5 1977 45 5 1978 49 5 1979 59 4 Copies of these publications are available in the Library. Comparable figures for 1973 are not available because of the reorganisation of local government in 1974.