HC Deb 11 February 1948 vol 447 cc92-4W
Mr. C. Williams

asked the Minister of Health the number of houses built in Great Britain in each of the years from 1908 to 1938.

Period. Local Authority. Private Enterprise.
Assisted. Unassisted. Total. Assisted. Unassisted. Total.
1.1.19–31.3.20 576 Nil 576 139
31.3.20–30.9.20 2,926 Nil 2,926 2,486
Year ended 30,000 73,108
30.9.21 47,651 Nil 47,651 20,294 (Estimated) (Estimated)
1922 85,976 Nil 85,976 20,180
1923 25,241 Nil 25,241 748 52,749 53,497
1924 14,544 Nil 14,544 21,915 73,032 94,947
1925 32,090 Nil 32,090 60,201 66,735 126,936
1926 61,402 Nil 61,402 70,493 65,689 136,182
1927 113,274 Nil 113,274 99,642 60,313 159,955
1928 59,220 Nil 59,220 42,571 64,624 107,195
1929 60,367 Nil 60,367 71,993 71,083 143,076
1930 49,052 2,965 52,017 2,272 107,410 109,682
1931 60,169 3,119 63,288 1,866 129,790 131,656
1932 66,434 2,056 68,490 2,656 130,830 133,486
1933 47,977 1,236 49,213 2,456 166,644 169,100
1934 49,679 3,663 53,342 2,581 257,746 260,327
1935 32,685 10,660 43,345 230 275,069 275,299
1936 49,674 15,200 64,874 306 274,348 274,654
1937 56,456 14.883 71,339 1,564 264,231 265,795
1938 74,930 13,400 88,330 3,625 248,923 252,548
1939 67,745 11,207 78,952 3,451 198,165 201,616

Mr. Bevan

The following are the figures from January, 1919 to September, 1939. I regret that complete information is not available for earlier periods.