§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what were the average number of new dwellings completed per 1,000 population per annum in each of the member States of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development during the periods 1948 to 1958 and 1958 to 1973, and at the latest date for which figures are available, respectively.
§ Mr. KaufmanFollowing is the readily available information:
DWELLINGS COMPLETED PER THOUSAND POPULATION Averages of the years shown 1949,1953 and 1956 to 1958 1959 to 1973 Australia Not available 11.3 (*) Austria 5.2 6.4 Belgium (from 1970, started) 4.6 5.9 (†) Canada 7.4 8.2 Denmark 5.1 8.5 Finland 7.2 8.9 (†) France 4.4 8.3 Germany, Federal Republic 9.2 10.0 Greece (authorised) 6.5 11.1 Iceland Not available 8.1 (‡) Ireland 3.1 4.0 Italy 4.1 6.4 (*) Japan (started) Not available 11.3 (§) Luxembourg Not available 5.1 (≑) Netherlands 6.7 9.0 Norway 8.0 8.7 Portugal (authorised) 3.1 4.4(¶) Spain 3.1 7.4 Sweden 7.6 11.8 Switzerland 6.1 9.9 Turkey Not available — U.S.A. (started) 7.9 7.8 United Kingdom 5.7 6.5 Notes: (*) 1966 only. (†) 1959 to 1972. (‡) 1963 and 1965 to 1973. (§) 1962 to 1973. (≑) 1968 to 1971. (¶) 1959 to 1967 and 1970 to 1972.