§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing housing starts in each region in the quarter to March showing the percentage change in starts from the quarter ending February 1989 and the quarter ending March 1988.
§ Mr. TrippierHousebuilding starts for regions in England in the March quarter of 1989 and the corresponding period a year earlier are given in the table.
Housebuilding starts in thousands March quarter 1989 March quarter 1988 Percentage change North 2.1 2.6 +23 Yorkshire and Humberside 4.3 4.4 +4 East Midlands 5.2 4.7 -9 East Anglia 3.9 3.3 -15 South East: Greater London 4.0 4.3 +8 Rest of South East 14.6 12.2 -17 South West 7.3 5.4 -26 West Midlands 5.2 4.4 -16 North West 4.5 5.0 +12 England 50.9 46.2 -9 Provisional estimates of housebuilding starts in the three months to February 1989 were given in my answer to the hon. Member on 4 May 1989.