HC Deb 19 July 1979 vol 970 cc809-10W
Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the number of mortgages advanced to first-time home buyers in the period March 1974 to April 1979.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

The number of building society mortgages advanced to first time purchasers in the period March 1974 to April 1979 was 1,690,000.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

1,452,000 dwellings were started in Great Britain from March 1974 to April 1979 inclusive.