§ Mr. A. Lewisasked the Minister of Public Building and Works whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the table of figures which he has supplied to the Building Societies Association giving the index number of the average price of new houses for private owners from1956 to 1963 and similar details for the years 1951 until 1955.
INDEX NUMBERS OF THE AVERAGE PRICE OF NEW HOUSES FOR PRIVATE OWNERS 1958 | 100 Year 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Annual Average 1956 … … 94 95 96 95 95 1957 … … 96 96 98 99 97 1958 … … 99 101 101 100 100 1959 … … 100 101 101 101 101 1960 … … 102 104 107 110 106 1961 … … 112 115 117 119 116 1962 … … 121 123 124 126 124 1963 … … 129 131 133 135 132 NOTE: The figures on which this index is based include the cost of land and cover only houses on which building societies have advanced mortgages during the period.
(Ministry of Public Building and Works, 3rd March, 1964)