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	2006 - 07					2007 - 08
Starts	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Barking and Dagenham	322	141	296	16	775	100	16	50	54	220
Basildon	93	90	112	163	458	206	133	215	205	759
Bexley	125	46	75	97	343	37	124	3	25	189
Castle Point	32	21	34	29	116	43	14	33	10	100
Dartford	72	114	105	176	467	256	160	42	131	589
Gravesham	22	26	45	42	135	82	155	120	45	402
Greenwich	15	33	302	16	366	56	72	369	—	—
Havering	94	74	172	124	464	63	125	120	110	418
Lewisham	—	69	99	132	—	30	48	—	110	—
Medway	78	141	51	177	447	212	—	207	141	—
Newham	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	121	—	—
Rochford	99	18	138	79	334	35	51	49	28	163
Southend-on-Sea	57	56	179	41	333	54	40	233	51	378
Swale	247	344	147	195	933	264	—	273	172	—
Thurrock	16	12	90	108	226	99	15	74	8	196
Tower Hamlets	201	203	227	224	855	212	87	454	151	904
Notes: 1. The Thames Gateway is comprised of parts of 16 local authorities. 2. Figures are as reported by the local authorities and the National House—Building Council. Where local authorities submitted no P2 returns for one or more quarters, no figure has been presented in the quarter or annual total as presenting NHBC information only would under—report the true level of house building completions in the local authority. Source: New build starts from P2 quarterly returns submitted by local authorities and the National House—Building Council to CLG.

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House building completions in the Thames Gateway growth area in each of the last four quarters from 2004-05 until 2007-08
	2004-05					2005-06
Completions	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Barking and Dagenham	127	126	115	172	576	222	95	84	66	467
Basildon	91	73	88	79	331	111	116	75	99	401
Bexley	103	24	39	55	221	34	27	8	71	140
Castle Point	8	51	77	9	145	15	42	48	71	176
Dartford	133	82	95	70	380	107	65	113	81	366
Gravesham	116	180	192	26	514	52	40	82	103	277
Greenwich	290	639	309	338	1,576	328	189	317	239	1,073
Havering	119	102	166	70	457	222	86	114	64	486
Lewisham	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Medway	102	151	76	201	530	99	145	227	91	562
Newham	149	—	230	153	—	222	181	187	—	—
Rochford	19	17	19	38	93	36	20	54	69	179
Southend-on-Sea	35	39	119	56	269	60	121	178	35	394
Swale	145	112	99	60	416	71	87	200	132	490
Thurrock	123	123	245	177	668	219	97	334	12	662
Tower Hamlets	1,113	765	950	124	2,952	228	294	330	1,066	1,918

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