§ Mr. Hamlingasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT figures showing the number of council houses under construction at 1st January in each year, the number of council houses completed in each year since 1946, and similar figures for privately built houses under construction at 1st January in each year since 1946 and completed in each year since 1946.
§ Mr. MellishThe information requested is given in the tables below. Figures of completions in 1966 are not yet available.
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DWELLINGS COMPLETED DURING EACH YEAR: 1946–1965 GREAT BRITAIN Public Sector Private Sector Public and Private Sector Year Local Authorities Others Totals Totals 1946 … … … 25,013 168 25,181 30,219 55,400 1947 … … … 97,340 1,370 98,710 40,980 139,690 1948 … … … 190,368 4,497 194,865 32,751 227,616 1949 … … … 165,946 5,891 171,837 25,790 197,627 1950 … … … 163,670 7,143 170,813 27,358 198,171 1951 … … … 162,584 9,696 172,280 22,551 194,831 1952 … … … 193,260 12,342 205,602 34,320 239,922 1953 … … … 238,883 16,975 255,858 62,921 318,779 1954 … … … 234,973 22,196 257,169 90,636 347,805 1955 … … … 191,803 12,135 203,938 113,457 317,395 1956 … … … 166,267 10,197 176,464 124,161 300,625 1957 … … … 165,910 8,725 174,635 126,455 301,090 1958 … … … 140,519 5,028 145,547 128,148 273,695 1959 … … … 122,165 3,801 125,966 150,708 276,674 1960 … … … 124,738 4,451 129,189 168,629 297,818 1961 … … … 112,421 6,128 118,549 177,513 296,062 1962 … … … 124,090 6,538 130,628 174,800 305,428 1963 … … … 118,179 5,829 124,008 174,864 298,872 1964 … … … 148,624 6,958 155,582 218,094 373,676 1965 … … … 159,608 8,890 168,498 213,799 382,297