asked the Minister of Public Building and Works if he is satisfied that serious shortages of all building materials have now been overcome; and if he will make a statement.
| AMOUNT OF STOCK AND NUMBER OF WORKING DAYS SUPPLY OF BUILDING MATERIALS— COMPARISON OF OCTOBER, 1964 WITH LATEST FIGURES AVAILABLE | ||||||
| Material | Stock at end of October, 1964 | Number of Working Days Supply | Present Stock | Number of Working Days Supply | ||
| thousand tons | September, 1965 thousand tons | |||||
| Asbestos Cement | ||||||
| Corrugated sheets | … | … | 66·4 | 44 | 62·8 | 42 |
| Flat sheets | … | … | 10·0 | 33 | 10·9 | 51 |
| Rainwater and soil | … | … | 5·1 | 57 | 4·8 | 65 |
| Other asbestos produce | … | … | 26·6 | 53 | 30·8 | 66 |
| October, 1965 (P) | ||||||
| Bricks | million | million | ||||
| All types excluding flettons | … | … | 53·5 | 3 | 230·6 | 15 |
| Flettons | … | … | 26·9 | 2 | 54·9 | 5 |
In pursuance to my reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 15th November, 1965; Vol. 720, c. 654], a schedule showing the comparison of the stocks of the main building materials and the number of days supply held in October, 1964, and in September/October, 1965, follows:
Material
| Stock at end of October, 1964
| Number of Working Days Supply
| Present Stock
| Number of Working Days Supply
|
Cement
| thousand tons | October, 1965 thousand tons | ||
| Clinker | 463·7 | 8 | 264·9 | 5 |
| Cement | 220·8 | 4 | 323·1 | 5 |
| September, 1965 (P) | ||||
Building Blocks, Concrete and Hollow Clay
| thousand sq.yds. | thousand sq.yds | ||
| Dense and Hollow Clay | *2,628 | 32 | *3,376 | 64 |
| Light | 1,722 | 10 | 4,554 | 36 |
| September, 1965 (P) | ||||
Stoneware Pipes
| thousand tons | thousand tons | ||
| Up to 9 in. | 66·5 | 28 | 63·0 | 29 |
| Over 9 in | 9·9 | 50 | 11·7 | 57 |
| September, 1965 (P) | ||||
Stoneware Conduits
| thousand tons | thousand tons | ||
| 7·9 | 16 | 9·1 | 18 | |
| September, 1965 (P) | ||||
Pitch Fibre Pipes
| thousand tons | thousand tons | ||
| Pipes | 2·3 | 19 | 2·5 | 24 |
| Conduits | 3 | 30 | 3 | 29 |
| September, 1965 | ||||
| million sq.yds. | million sq.yds. | |||
Plasterboard
| 1·9 | 6 | 1·3 | 4 |
| September, 1965 | ||||
| thousand | thousand | |||
Slates
| sq. yds. | sq. yds. | ||
| Roofing slates | 271·3 | 63 | 324·7 | 78 |
| million | million | |||
| Damp proof slates | 4 | 39 | 7 | 65 |
| thousand | ||||
Tiles
| sq. yds. | sq. yds. | ||
| Clay Roofing tiles | 1,188·9 | 105 | 956·9 | 106 |
| Concrete Roofing tiles | 2,912·1 | 22 | 3,598·9 | 34 |
| Unglazed Quarry tiles | 328·1 | 51 | 282·4 | 39 |
| Other Unglazed tiles | 50·4 | 10 | 76·0 | 22 |
| Glazed tiles | 1,460·4 | 24 | 1,723·3 | 32 |
| September, 1965 (P) | ||||
Metal Windows, Doors and Curtain Walling
| tons | tons | ||
| Steel | 6,832 | 26 | 6,152 | 26 |
| Aluminium | 540 | 25 | 786 | 39 |