HC Deb 07 December 1966 vol 737 c309W
Mr. William Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many new housing units per 1,000 of the population were supplied in the years 1945 to 1965.

Mr. Ross

The information is as Follows:

Number of new permanent houses per thousand population
1945 .3
1946 .9
1947 2.4
1948 4.2
1949 5.1
1950 5.0
1951 4.5
1952 6.1
1953 7.8
1954 7.6
1955 6.7
1956 6.2
1957 6.3
1958 6.3
1959 5.3
1960 5.5
1961 5.3
1962 5.1
1963 5.4
1964 7.1
1965 6.7