§ Mr. Hayhoeasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide a table, from information available from international sources, showing the trend in owner-occupation of houses in 147W Great Britain and in each of the European Economic Community countries.
§ Mr. AmeryInformation is not available on which to estimate trends in owner-occupation in European Economic Community countries. The following table shows figures for Great Britain:
Per cent. of dwellings owner-occupied 1951 … … … 29.5 1956 … … … 34.4 1961 … … … 42.7 1966 … … … 47.2 1970 … … … 49.5
§ Mr. Hayhoeasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide a table, from information available from international sources, comparing the proportions of owner-occupied houses, and private and publicly-owned rented houses, in Great Britain and European Economic Community countries.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe latest comparable figures available on the tenure of dwellings in Great Britain and the European Economic Community countries are:
The figures are based on the censuses carried out around 1961. Separate figures for private and publicly-owned rented dwelling are not generally available. At the end of 1970 it is estimated
Percentages Year Owner Occupied Others Mainly Rented Great Britain 1961 42.7 57.3 France 1962 41.5 58.5 West Germany 1961 35.3 64.7 Belgium 1961 49.7 50.3 Netherlands 1956 29.3 70.7 Italy 1962 50.2 49.8 Luxembourg Not available
DWELLINGS COMPLETED PER 1,000 POPULATION Great Britain France West Germany Belgium Netherlands Italy Luxembourg 1958 … 5.5 6.5 9.5 4.5 8.1 5.7 not available 1959 … 5.5 7.1 10.7 4.9 7.4 6.0 not available 1960 … 5.8 6.9 10.4 5.3 7.3 5.8 not available 1961 … 5.8 6.9 10.1 5.6 7.2 6.3 not available 1962 … 5.9 6.6 10.1 4.9 6.7 7.2 not available 1963 … 5.7 7.0 9.9 4.3 6.7 8.3 not available 1964 … 7.1 7.6 10.7 5.6 8.4 8.8 not available 1965 … 7.2 8.4 10.0 7.3 9.4 7.5 not available 1966 … 7.2 8.4 10.1 5.6 9.8 5.6 not available 1967 … 7.5 8.5 9.6 5.6 10.2 5.2 5.4 1968 … 7.7 8.4 8.6 6.9 9.7 5.3 3.3 1969 … 6.8 8.5 8.2 not available 9.6 5.5 not available For all countries except Great Britain and Belgium the number of dwellings is the total number of dwellings constructed, including conversions; for Belgium, from
148Wthat 49.5 per cent. of dwellings in Great Britain were owner-occupied, 14.9 per cent. were rented from private owners and 30.5 per cent. were rented from public authorities; the remainder were mainly service tenancies.