§ Mr. WinnickTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will state the number of local authority housing starts for 1977–78 and the number of such starts so far in 1993–94.
§ Sir George YoungHousing associations are now the main providers of new social housing. Local authorities' primary housing tasks are the efficient management of their own stock of dwellings and enabling other organisations to provide new housing.
Local authorities in England started 78,580 dwellings during the financial year 1977–78. Provisional figures show that they started some 570 dwellings during the first 11 months of the financial year 1993–94. Provisional figures for the full financial year 1993–94 will be published by my Department on 10 May 1994.