asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many houses and flats were completed in the borough of Tower Hamlets in each year since 1974; and how many of these, in each year, were houses and flats for sale.

Completions of dwellings in Tower Hamlets reported by the borough and by the Greater London council appear in the following issues of "Local Housing Statistics", which are available in the Library:

Year	Issue number	Table numbers
1974	33	5,7
1975	37	5,7
1976	41	5,7
1977	45	5,7
1978	49	5,7
1979	53	5,7
1980–83	73	1,3
1984	77	1,3
1985	78	1,3

The borough has not made any reports for 1985 and 1986.No completions have been reported of dwellings built by the public sector for sale in Tower Hamlets. Information received on private sector building does not distinguish dwellings for rent from those for sale.