§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Minister of Works what proportion of the country's building resources is devoted to offices, shops and warehouses on the one hand and council houses on the other; and what were the proportions in 1951.
§ Mr. R. ThompsonAs my right hon. Friend told the hon. Member on 14th March, in 1960 10 per cent. of the resources of the building and civil engineering industries were devoted to council houses and between 2 per cent. and 3 per cent. to offices. Separate figures for shop building have not been collected since 1954; figures for warehouse building have never been collected.
The figures for 1951 are estimated at 19 per cent. for council houses, 1 per cent for offices and 1 per cent. for shops.