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Mr. Pardoe
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what were the average number of square metres of useful floor space per dwelling in the housing stock and in dwellings completed in the last 10 years in the United Kingdom, France, West Germany, Italy and the EEC, respectively, on the latest available figures;(2) what were the average number of rooms per dwelling in the housing stock
| United Kingdom | France | Federal Republic of Germany | Italy | EEC | |||
| Dwellings completed 1964–73 | |||||||
| Useful floor space per dwelling, square metres | … | … | .. | 75·3 (a) | 81·1 (b) | .. | .. |
| Rooms per dwelling | … | … | 4·6 | 4·4 (c) | 4·3 | 3·9 (c) | 4·3 (c) |
| Dwelling stock 1973 | |||||||
| Dwellings per 1,000 population | … | … | 355·1 | 320·4 (d) | 364·4 | 326·0 (e) | 342·5 (f) |
| Persons per dwelling | … | … | 2·81 | 3·12 (d) | 2·74 | 3·07 (e) | 2·92 (f) |
| Dwelling stock, censuses of 1960–62 | |||||||
| Rooms per dwelling | … | … | 4·6 | 3·1 | 4·1 | 3·3 | 3·9 |
| Persons per room | … | … | 0·68 | 1·01 | 0·88 | 1·14 | 0·86 |
| Notes: | |||||||
| .. Not available. | |||||||
| (a) Excluding 1970 for which information is not available. | |||||||
| (b)1964–71 | |||||||
| (c)1964–72. | |||||||
| (d)1970, excluding second homes. | |||||||
| (e)1972. | |||||||
| (f)1973, except Belgium (1972), France and Italy. | |||||||