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Mr. Knox
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1945 the number of housing units on which building started.
Mr. Armstrong
Following is the information:
| DWELLINGS STARTED IN GREAT BRITAIN: 1945 TO SEPTEMBER 1977 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS | ||||
| Thousands | ||||
| Public sector | Private sector | Total | ||
| April 1945 to December 1946 | … | 187 | 75 | 262 |
| 1947 | … | 160 | 32 | 192 |
| 1948 | … | 146 | 18 | 163 |
| 1949 | … | 171 | 31 | 202 |
| 1950 | … | 184 | 20 | 204 |
| 1951 | … | 192 | 27 | 219 |
| 1952 | … | 242 | 52 | 294 |
| 1953 | … | 265 | 83 | 348 |
| 1954 | … | 223 | 107 | 330 |
| 1955 | … | 185 | 128 | 313 |
| 1956 | … | 158 | 120 | 279 |
| 1957 | … | 150 | 126 | 276 |
| 1958 | … | 122 | 137 | 259 |
| 1959 | … | 148 | 169 | 318 |
| 1960 | … | 126 | 183 | 309 |
| 1961 | … | 123 | 189 | 312 |
| 1962 | … | 138 | 186 | 324 |
| 1963 | … | 169 | 199 | 368 |
| 1964 | … | 179 | 247 | 426 |
| 1965 | … | 181 | 211 | 393 |
| 1966 | … | 186 | 193 | 379 |
| 1967 | … | 214 | 234 | 448 |
| 1968 | … | 194 | 200 | 394 |
| 1969 | … | 177 | 167 | 343 |
| 1970 | … | 154 | 165 | 319 |
| 1971 | … | 137 | 207 | 344 |
| 1972 | … | 123 | 228 | 351 |
| 1973 | … | 113 | 216 | 329 |
| 1974 | … | 147 | 106 | 253 |
| 1975 | … | 174 | 149 | 323 |
| 1976 | … | 171 | 155 | 326 |
| 1977* | … | 102 | 103 | 204 |
| * To 30th September. | ||||