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Mr. Brotherton
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment, if he will publish a table in the Official Report giving the percentage of new homes built by local authorities and new town corporations in the latest year for which figures are available in the United Kingdom, the member countries of the European Community, the USSR, Poland, Hungary, the German Democratic Republic, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Rumania and Bulgaria, respectively.
Mr. Armstrong
Following is the available information:
| HOUSEBUILDING: DWELLINGS COMPLETED IN THE PUBLIC* AND PRIVATE SECTORS MEMBER COUNTRIES OF EEC AND OTHER SELECTED EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; BROADLY COMPARABLE DATA FOR THE LATEST AVAILABLE YEAR | ||
| Percentage | ||
| Public sector | Private sector | |
| EEC: | ||
| United Kingdom | 52·3 | 47·7 |
| Belgium | 2·2 | 97·8 |
| Denmark | 25·9 | 74·1 |
| France | 60·5 | 39·5 |
| Germany (Federal Republic) | 18·4 | 81·6 |
| Ireland | 33·1 | 66·9 |
| Netherlands | 38·0 | 62·0 |
| Other European Countries: | ||
| Bulgaria | 56·2 | 43·8 |
| Czechoslovakia | 73·8 | 26·2 |
| Germany (Democratic Republic) | 84·8 | 15·2 |
| Hungary | 38·2 | 61·8 |
| Poland | 78·1 | 21·9 |
| Rumania | 45·5 | 54·5 |
| USSR | 90·3 | 9·7 |
| Yugoslavia | 38·0 | 62·0 |
| * Public sector includes local authorities, new towns, State, municipalities housing associations and corporations, co-operatives and other semipublic bodies. | ||
Mr. Brotherton
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment, if he will publish a table in the Official Report giving the percentage of new homes built by local authorities and new town corporations in each year since 1945.
Mr. Armstrong
The information is as follows:
| HOUSE BUILDING: DWELLINGS COMPLETED AND PERCENTAGE BUILT BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND NEW TOWNS | |||
| ENGLAND AND WALES: 1945–1976 | |||
| Number and percentage | |||
| Public and private sectors | Local authorities and new towns | Percentage built by local authorities and new towns | |
| 1945* | 1,445 | 508 | 35·2 |
| 1946 | 51,090 | 21,202 | 41·5 |
| 1947 | 127,541 | 86,567 | 67·9 |
| 1948 | 206,405 | 170,821 | 82·8 |
| 1949 | 171,780 | 141,766 | 82·5 |
| 1950 | 172,360 | 139,356 | 80·9 |
| 1951 | 171,903 | 141,587 | 82·4 |
| 1952 | 208,975 | 165,637 | 79·3 |
| 1953 | 279,231 | 202,891 | 72·7 |
| 1954 | 308,952 | 199,642 | 64·6 |
| 1955 | 283,326 | 162,525 | 57·4 |
| 1956 | 268,724 | 139,977 | 52·1 |
| 1957 | 268,653 | 137,584 | 51·2 |
| 1958 | 241,525 | 113,146 | 46·8 |
| 1959 | 249,381 | 99,456 | 39·9 |
| 1960 | 269,226 | 103,235 | 38·3 |
| 1961 | 268,832 | 92,880 | 34·5 |
| 1962 | 278,667 | 105,302 | 37·8 |
| 1963 | 270,655 | 97,015 | 35·8 |
| 1964 | 336,505 | 119,468 | 35·5 |
| 1965 | 347,181 | 133,024 | 38·3 |
| 1966 | 349,480 | 142,430 | 40·8 |
| 1967 | 362,898 | 159,347 | 43·9 |
| 1968 | 371,726 | 148,049 | 39·8 |
| 1969 | 324,165 | 139,850 | 43·1 |
| 1970 | 307,266 | 134,874 | 43·9 |
| 1971 | 309,776 | 117,215 | 37·8 |
| 1972 | 287,294 | 93,635 | 32·6 |
| 1973 | 264,047 | 79,289 | 30·0 |
| 1974 | 241,173 | 99,423 | 41·2 |
| 1975 | 278,694 | 122,857 | 44·1 |
| 1976 | 278,660 | 124,152 | 44·6 |
| * From 1st April. | |||