§ Sir Richard Glynasked the Minister of Health what is the number of households in England and Wales at the latest convenient date; how this compared with the number of dwellings; and by what proportion these numbers have increased in the last 12 months to the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. BraineThe latest available count of households in England and Wales is 14,640,897 present at the 1961 Census of Population. The number of occupied and vacant dwellings at the 1961 Census was 14,646,089.
My right hon. Friend the Minister of Housing and Local Government has estimated that at mid-year 1964 the total number of dwellings in England and Wales was 15.3 million and the number of households 15.1 million. The proportionate increase in dwellings and households in the twelve months to mid-year 1964 is estimated to have been 1.5 per cent. for dwellings and nearly 1 per cent. for households.