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Mr. Lawson
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for every year since 1945 the number of people who became home owners for the first time throughout the United Kingdom.
Mr. Armstrong
Available numbers of mortgages to first time purchasers are as follows:
| (a) Building Societies (United Kingdom) | |
| thousands | |
| 1968 | 226 |
| 1969 | 290 |
| 1970 | 331 |
| 1971 | 394 |
| 1972 | 394 |
| 1973 | 283 |
| 1974 | 220 |
| 1975 | 306 |
| 1976 | 352 |
| 1977 | 356 |
| 1978 (half-year) | 200 |
| (b) Local Authorities (England and Wales) | |
| thousands | |
| 1975 | 90 |
| 1976 | 25 |
| 1977 | 21 |