§ Sir Richard Glynasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will give the total numbers of permanent houses and flats in England and in Great Britain at the last convenient date; and if he will give the corresponding figures for 1938, 1946 and 1951.
§ Mr. CorfieldThe totals in June, 1962 were 14.9 million dwellings in England and Wales and 16.5 million in Great Britain. The figures for 1938, 1946 and 1951 were 11.1, 11.4 and 12.4 million dwellings respectively in England and Wales, and 12.2, 12.7 and 13.8 million in Great Britain. My right hon. Friend regrets that he cannot give separate figures for England alone.
§ Sir Richard Glynasked the Minister of Housing and Local Governmentment and Minister for Welsh Affairs how the total number of homes available in Great Britain compares with the total number of married couples; and which total is increasing at the faster rate.
§ Mr. CorfieldIn mid-1960, the last date for which figures are available, there wore 13,084,000 married couples in Great Britain and 16,098,000 dwellings. Compared with the position two years172W earlier, the number of married couples had increased by 1.65 per cent., and the number of dwellings by 2.70 per cent.