New House Building

HC Deb 18 July 1989 vol 157 cc103-4W

Mr. Chris Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what were the gross payments on new house building construction by each region in England and for England as a whole during(a) 1980–81, (b) 1981–82, (c) 1982–83, (d) 1983–84, (e) 1984–85, (f) 1985–86, (g) 1986–87, (h) 1987–88 and (i) 1988–89, for (i) housing revenue accounts rent and (ii) sales.

Mr. Trippier

The England figures are given in the table. Regional figures on a consistent basis with final adjusted England are not available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Gross payments on new housebuilding England £ million
	For HRA rent	For sale
1980–81	1965.2
1981–82	1719.8
1982–83	685.2	14.6
1983–84	682.4	15.7
1984–85	729.5	22.4
1985–86	578.8	14.7
1986–87	257.5	24.0
1987–88	2456.8	23.2
31988–89	505.0	23.0
1 Separate figures of build for sale not available for 1980–81 and 1981–82.
2 Include LA demolition of dwellings.
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