HC Deb 24 June 1994 vol 245 c350W
Mr. Pike

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give figures for the last 15 years, in respect of the number of permanent dwellings(a) started, (b) under construction and (c) completed; and if he will make a statement.

Sir George Young

Estimates of housebuilding starts and completions, and dwellings under construction in England are shown in the quarterly and annual publication "Housing and Construction Statistics".

Figures for 1991 and 1992, with provisional figures for 1993, are in the December quarter 1993 edition, part 1, table 1.2(a); and those for each year from 1982 to 1990 are in table 6.1 (a) of the 1982 to 1992 annual edition. Figures for 1979 to 1981 are in the same table of the editions for earlier years: 1980 and 1981 figures are in the 1980–1990 edition, and 1979 figures are in the 1979–1989 edition.

Copies of these publications are in the Library.