asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local authority houses were completed in 1973 ; and how this figure compares with 1970.

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given earlier today to similar Questions from the hon. Members for Wandsworth, Central (Mr. Thomas Cox), Leicester, North-West (Mr. Greville Janner), Salford, East (Mr. Frank Allaun), Gateshead, West (Mr. Horam), Bolsover (Mr. Skinner) and Southampton, Itchen (Mr. R. C. Mitchell).

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local authority houses were completed during the three years before, and the three years after, June 1970.

In the earlier period, 507,000 dwellings were completed by local authorities and Government contributions were approved for the improvement of 124,000 older council dwellings, a total of 631,000. In the later period the corresponding figures were 363,000 and 341,000, a total of 704,000.