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 house-building for the years 1985 and 1986, respectively, in (i) England and Wales and (ii) Greater London.

[pursuant to his reply, Friday 20 March 1987]: The numbers of local authority new build housing schemes, based on returns made to the Department by local authorities of tenders accepted, are as follows: