asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if, pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Norwich, North on 28 January, he is now in a position to give the total cost of the office he established in Norwich to enforce the right-to-buy provisions of the Housing Act 1980, including salaries, expenses, rents, services and advertising.

It will be some time before the full costa of the Department's temporary office in Norwich are finally assessed. It is estimated provisionally that the cost up to 6 March will amount approximately to some £22,000.