Mr. McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a regional breakdown of the number of public housing and housing association construction orders in the first quarter of 1995, together with a regional breakdown for the corresponding figures for 1994. [29197]
§ Mr. Robert B. JonesThe information is published in table 4 of the information bulletin No. 224, "Orders for New Construction: March 1995", a copy of which is in the Library.
Mr. McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a regional breakdown of the figures for output and employment in the construction industry in the first quarter of 1995, in the Department of Environment information bulletin 276, together with a regional breakdown for the corresponding figures for 1994. [29196]
§ Mr. Robert B. JonesProvisional contractor's output figures for 1994 are published by region in table 2.5 of the quarterly "Housing and Construction Statistics: Part 2: December quarter 1994", a copy of which is in the Library. Corresponding figures for the first quarter of 1995 will be published in the next issue. Regional figures for output by direct labour organisation and for total employment in the construction industry are not available.