HC Deb 26 April 1950 vol 474 cc104-5W
Mr. Hoy

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of houses per annum built in Edinburgh by the local authority and private enterprise respectively between 1919 and 1939 and in each year since 1945.

Mr. McNeil

The following is the information:

Houses built by
Year Edinburgh corporation Private Enterprise
1919 …
1920 … 15 10
1921 … 163 27
1922 … 380 87
1923 … 494 2
1924 … 89 82
1925 … 851 524
1926 … 789 991
1927 … 1,112 1,064
1928 … 1,295 595
1929 … 570 684
1930 … 319 909
1931 … 630 891
1932 … 1,101 1,358
1933 … 2,274 2,255
1934 … 758 2,357
1935 … 858 2,284
1936 … 402 2,234
1937 … 618 2,605
1938 … 1,146 2,387
1939 … 830 1,562
1940 … 242 576
1941 … 102 93
1942 … 48 26
1943 … 52 6
1944 … 82 6
15,220 23,615
Post-War
1945* 157 (9)† 23
1946* 139 (4†) 21
1947* 422 230
1948* 913 208
1949* 971 144
2,602(13)† 626
* Excluding temporary houses.
† Scottish Special Housing Association houses included in the yearly total.

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