§ Mr. Clemitsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish figures of the numbers of houses built and the numbers employed in the construction industry for the last five complete calendar years and for the years 1934 to 1938, inclusive.
§ Mr. ArmstrongDwelling completions in Great Britain during 1970 to 1974 appear on page 23 of Housing and Construction Statistics No. 13, a copy of which is available in the Library. On page 17 of the same publication there are estimates for private contractors and public authorities of their employees engaged in all types of construction, during the same five years.
The numbers of dwellings reported completed in 1934 to 1938 are:
Reliable estimates of employees are not available for these earlier years.
1934 338,600 1935 344,500 1936 363,300 1937 358,700 1938 367,400