§ Mr. McBrideasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what was the number of privately-built houses in
30Wbuilding by the four Welsh County Boroughs of Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, and Merthyr Tydfil, respectively, in 1951; what was the cost of this land purchase; and what were the comparable figures for 1963.
§ Sir K. JosephThe following table shows the acreage and cost of land purchased for house-building by the County Boroughs of Cardiff, Newport, Swansea and Merthyr Tydfil in 1951 and 1963.
Where no figures are given there were no purchases.
Wales in each of the years from 1951 to 1963, and the number in each year built to let for rent.
§ Sir K. JosephThe following table gives the number of private houses built in Wales in each year.
I have no figures available of the number built to let, but they would be very small as most are built for owner-occupation.
Year No. of private houses built in Wales 1951 1,240 1952 1,574 1953 2,258 1954 2,644 1955 3,136 1956 3,645 1957 4,125 1958 4,174 1959 4,968 1960 6,078 1961 7,019 1962 7,501 1963 7,609