HC Deb 08 February 1974 vol 868 cc485-6W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish figures showing the number of private houses built in Scotland in the period 1960 to the nearest available date.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

119,595 new private houses were completed in the period 1st January 1960 to 31st December 1973, as follows:

1960 6,529
1961 7,147
1962 7,784
1963 6,622
1964 7,662
1965 7,553
1966 7,870
1967 7,489
1968 8,719
1969 8,327
1970 8,220
1971 11,614
1972 11,835
1973 12,215