asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list the number of general improvement areas, stating how many houses there are in each of them in the following cities: Liverpool, Manchester, Bradford, Birmingham, Leeds, Newcastle, Doncaster, Darlington, Bristol, Stoke-on-Trent, Leicester, Derby and Southampton; and what progress has been made within each to rehabilitate the houses there;(2) how many housing action areas there are in each of the following cities: Liverpool, Manchester, Bradford, Birmingham, Leeds, Newcastle, Doncaster, Darlington, Bristol, Stoke-on-Trent, Leicester. Derby and Southampton; how many houses there are in each; and what progress has been made within each to rehabilitate the housing there.

The number of housing action areas and general improvement areas declared in the cities referred to up to 30 June 1979, and the number of dwellings in each such area are shown in the following table.about progress in both housing action areas and general improvement areas for the year 1977–78 is contained in table 10 of Local Housing Statistics—Vol. 48—a copy of which is available in the Library. A further analysis, covering progress in 1978–79, is expected to be similarly published in February 1980.