HC Deb 20 December 1966 vol 738 cc260-1W
Mr. Charles Morrison

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will list the number of house units built each year since 1945 in the United Kingdom. showing the number built for owner-occupation, the number to be rented from a private landlord and the number built for local authorities.

Mr. Mellish

The number of permanent houses built in each year since 1945 for the private sector, for local authorities and the: rest of the public sector is given in the table below. Nearly all of the houses built for the private sector are for owner-occupation and virtually all of those built for the public sector are for letting, so that the figures in the table represent in broad terms the new houses built for owner-occupation and those built for letting.

Returns are not collected on the number of new houses built for the private sector which are for letting, but the number is known to be small. A small number of houses built for local authorities are for sale to owner-occupiers; about 2,000 houses a year in recent years.

PERMANENT HOUSES COMPLETED* UNITED KINGDOM
Public Sector Private Sector
Year For local† Other‡ Total
1945 1,936 60 1,099 3,095
1946 25,245 168 30,566 55,979
1947 98,028 1,370 41,487 140,885
1948 193,537 4,537 34,411 232,463
1949 170,806 5,994 28,457 205,257
1950 167,917 7,270 30,240 205,427
1951 166,483 9,888 25,485 201,856
1952 199,177 12,472 36,670 248,319
1953 244,916 17,021 64,867 326,804
1954 239,318 22,388 92,423 354,129
1955 196,024 12,306 116,093 324,423
1956 170,710 10,533 126,431 307,674
1957 169,629 9,177 128,784 307,590
1958 143,283 5,130 130,220 278,633
1959 124,545 3,857 153,166 281,568
1960 128,216 4,634 171,405 304,255
1961 116,118 6,316 180,727 303,161
1962 128,577 6,855 178,211 313,643
1963 123,903 6,024 177,787 307,714
1964 154,754 7,174 221,264 383,192
1965 164,957 9,115 217,162 391,234
1966—9months 125,381 7,882 154,713 287,976
* Including flats—each flat being counted as one unit.
† Including New Town Development Corporations, the Scottish Special Housing Association and the Northern Ireland Housing Trust.
‡ Houses provided for the families of police, prison staffs, the armed forces and certain other services. Including houses built for housing association other than those in ‡