§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Emvironment how many local authority permanent dwellings were started in Great Britain in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. YeoThe latest information for 1980 and 1990 is published in table 6.1 of "Housing and Construction Statistics: Great Britain: 1980–1990". Figures for 1979 appear in the 1979–1989 edition of the same publication. Provisional figures for 1991 were released in a departmental information bulletin (No. 87) on 5 February 1992—local authorities account for virtually all the starts by local authorities, new towns and Government Departments in 1991. Copies are in the Library.