HC Deb 17 December 1992 vol 216 c497W
Mr. George

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the number of private sector housing starts in(a) the west midlands and (b) Walsall for 1991–92.

Mr. Baldry

It is estimated that private enterprise housebuilding starts amounted to 13,100 dwellings, and housing association starts to 2,100 dwellings, in the west midlands standard statistical region during the financial year 1991–92. The corresponding figures reported for the Walsall local authority area were 503 and 159 dwellings.