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Mr. Raynsford
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will set out the total number of new homes started by (a) local authorities and new towns and (b) housing associations in Wales in each year since 1974 and his estimate of the likely number of starts in 1995 and 1996. [37491]
Mr. Gwilym Jones
The information requested is given in the following table. Estimates for 1995 and for 1996 are not available.
| New dwellings started, by tenure | ||
| Number | ||
| Local authorities and new towns | Housing associations | |
| 1974 | 8,462 | 224 |
| 1975 | 8,999 | 279 |
| 1976 | 7,012 | 331 |
| 1977 | 3,894 | 1,285 |
| 1978 | 4,002 | 1,184 |
| 1979 | 3,179 | 657 |
| 1980 | 2,439 | 384 |
| 1981 | 1,171 | 460 |
| 1982 | 2,121 | 695 |
| 1983 | 2,008 | 640 |
| 1984 | 908 | 326 |
| 1985 | 891 | 579 |
| 1986 | 742 | 507 |
| 1987 | 909 | 1,014 |
| 1988 | 716 | 1,583 |
| 1989 | 501 | 1,612 |
| 1990 | 338 | 2,228 |
| 1991 | 174 | 2,496 |
| 1992 | 261 | 2,658 |
| 1993 | 75 | 3,212 |
| 1994 | 180 | 2,929 |