HC Deb 20 March 1964 vol 691 cc227-8W
Mr. A. Lewis

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether he will give the average size in square feet, the average building cost, the average loan charges, and the total cost of three-bedroom local authority houses built in England and Wales for each year since 1951; how many such houses were built in each of these years; allowing for the depreciation of the £ and the reduction in size, what has been the real rise in the costs of production; and how many fewer houses would have been built had the average size of the houses not been reduced.

Mr. Corfield

The following table gives the number of two-storey 3-bedroom houses, in tenders approved in each year, with the average tender prices and floor areas. My right hon. Friend does not have the information about loan charges and total costs needed to make the other calculations requested.

TWO-STOREY THREE-BEDROOM HOUSES FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND NEW TOWNS IN ENGLAND AND WALES
Year Number of houses in tenders approved Average area Average tender price
sq. ft. £
1952 109,186 948 1,386
1953 94,773 916 1,385
1954 84,644 914 1,383
1955 60,632 912 1,421
1956 50,622 912 1,473
1957 43,354 908 1,486
1958 33,558 903 1,485
1959 36,509 897 1,515
1960 32,019 897 1,611
1961 30,755 898 1,786
1962 30,483 907 1,967
1963 33,496 917 2,129

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