HC Deb 18 January 1968 vol 756 c678W
Mr. Gardner

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government how many houses were completed in Great Britain in 1967.

Mr. Greenwood:

404,400, of which 203,900 were built in the public sector and 200,400 in the private. This is the highest annual figure ever recorded and the first time more than 400,000 houses have been built in a year. In the United Kingdom total completions reached 415,500.