asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total expenditure on local authority housebuilding for each year since and including 1979 to 1986 in terms of (i) current prices, (ii) 1986 prices and (iii) share of gross domestic product.

The available estimates of capital expenditure on house-building by English local authorities are as follows:

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the share respectively of (a) public direct labour schemes and (b) private contractors' schemes in local authority housebuilding for the years 1985 and 1986, respectively, in (i) England and Wales and (ii) Greater London.

I shall answer this question shortly.