§ Mr. SpellarTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the number of houses built for(a) local authorities, (b) housing associations and (c) private enterprise in the west midlands in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. BaldryPermanent dwellings completed in the last three years are: 153W
1990 1991 11992 Private enterprise 13,123 13,383 12,418 Housing associations 2,118 1,517 2,324 Local authorities and new towns 1,133 979 377 All 16.374 15,879 15,119 1 Provisional. No breakdown between local authorities and new towns is held for individual regions.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide a table showing by region(a) the number of house building starts and completions and (b) the number per head of population for each year since 1980.
§ Mr. Baldry[holding answer 9 March 1993]: Estimates of housebuilding starts and completions by region and by number per head of population are shown in the publication "Housing and Construction Statistics". Figures for 1980 for starts and completions by region are in table 6.4, and figures per thousand population are in table 6.6 of the 1980 to 1990 edition and revised figures for 1981 to 1991 are in the same tables in the 1981 to 1991 edition. Copies of these publications are in the Library.