§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the latest figures available for the percentage of work carried out by the building industry on housing repair and maintenance; what percentage of the industry's income is created through this; and how much that amounts to.
§ Sir George YoungThe latest available information shows that housing repair and maintenance output in 1993 was £12,796 million at current prices, which is 28 per cent. of all work undertaken by the construction industry. More details are available in the press notice dated 11 March 1994 entitled "Output and Employment in the Construction Industry: Fourth Quarter 1993" lodged in the House of Commons Library.