§ Mr. SpellarTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the estimated number of dwellings for rent in the public sector and scheduled to be built in the next year in each of the West Midlands district council areas; and what are the current housing waiting lists for each of those councils.
§ Mr. Robert B. JonesThe latest available figures for local authority and other public sector housing stock and on the numbers waiting for housing in districts in the west midlands relate to 1 April 1994 and can be found in the "1994 HIP1 All Items Prints", a copy of which is in the Library. Estimates of local authority and other public sector bodies' proposals to build new dwellings are not held centrally.
In addition, there were a total of 71,000 housing association dwellings in the west midlands region—46,000 in the west midlands county—at 31 March 1994. The forecast for housing association new build starts in the west midlands in 1995–96 is 1,800, and 1,100 in the west midlands county.