§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the number of housing starts and completions in(a) Inverclyde district, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland as a whole in each quarter of 1988, 1989 and the first quarter of the current year.
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§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe available information is set out in the following table. Figure for the period January to March 1990 are not yet available.
Housing starts and completions for years 1988 and 1989 Inverclyde Strathclyde Scotland Year Starts Completions Starts Completions Starts Completions 1988 Quarter 1 30 86 2,280 1,495 5,208 4,291 Quarter 2 70 37 2,310 1,954 5,068 4,494 Quarter 3 27 49 1,671 1,955 4,488 4,450 Quarter 4 56 29 1,946 2,147 4,626 5,020 1989 Quarter 1 76 49 2,771 1,946 5,642 4,707 Quarter 21 156 54 2,930 2,171 6,058 5,078 Quarter 31 18 51 1,932 2,170 4,748 4,679 Quarter 42 86 85 2,112 2,274 5,090 5,172 1 Figures for Scotland include estimates. 2 Figures for Strathclyde and Scotland include estimates.