To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many new houses were built (a) in the private sector, (b) by housing associations and (c) by local authorities in each year between 1976 and 1987 in each of the constituencies of Hendon, South, Mid-Worcestershire, Lancashire, West, Fylde, Staffordshire, Moorlands and Amber Valley.

The information collected on housebuilding is for the whole of each local authority area. Therefore, figures are available for Staffordshire, Moorlands, but not for the other five constituencies.The reported figures for local authorities appear in the following issues of "Local Housing Statistics" which are available in the Library.