HC Deb 18 June 1965 vol 714 cc123-4W
Mr. Freeson

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will state the estimated number of dwellings now expected to be completed in Great Britain this year as compared with 1964; and whether he will give the estimated proportions of these figures attributable to public and private housing.

Mr. Mellish

On 2nd February I informed the hon. Member for Holland with Boston (Sir H. Butcher) that it is expected about 400,000 dwellings will be completed in Great Britain in 1965; 7,000 by housing associations, 160,000 by public authorities and 230,000 by private enterprise.

My right hon. Friend has no present reason to substitute a revised forecast for this.

Three hundred and seventy-four thousand dwellings were completed in 1964.

Mr. Freeson

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will state the estimated number of new dwellings now expected to be started in Great Britain by the end of this year as compared with 1964; and whether he will give the estimated proportions of these figures attributable to public and private housing.

Mr. Mellish

426,000 houses were started in Great Britain in 1964. My right hon. Friend expects the number in 1965 to be much the same, with public authorities accounting for about 45 per cent. and private builders for the rest.

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