HC Deb 01 March 1955 vol 537 c246W
72. Captain Pilkington

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government the average number of new houses built from 1946 to 1951 and from 1951 to 1954.

Mr. Sandys

An average of about 169,000 permanent houses a year were built in Great Britain from 1946 to 1951. The average for the years 1951 to 1954 was about 302,000.