§ Mr. David Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many square feet of office space were rented or owned by Government Departments in London in April 1974 and how many in September 1975; how many civil servants have been moved out of London during the past 12 months; and how many square feet of extra office space are occupied by civil servants out of London.
§ Mr. ArmstrongFigures are not readily available for all the dates mentioned
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PERCENTAGE OF DWELLINGS CONSTRUCTED Before 1919 1919–1944 1945 or later Year of Cenus or estimate Austria … … … … 58 17 21 1961 Belgium* … … … … 53 27 20 1960 Denmark … … … … 63 37 1970 Finland† … … … … 21 29 44 1960 France … … … … 71 29 1970 Germany, Federal Republic … 49 51 1970 Ireland* … … … … 58 23 19 1961 Japan … … … … … 48 51 1963 Luxembourg … … … … 75 25 1960 Netherlands … … … … 45 55 1970 Norway … … … … 35 24 42 1960 Spain‡ … … … … 46 21 33 1965 Sweden§ … … … … 34 31 33 1960 United States of America* … … 32 31 37 1960 United Kingdom … … … 33 23 44 1974 * Before 1919; 1919–1945; 1946 or later. † Before 1920; 1920–1944; 1945 or later. ‡ Before 1911; 1911–1940; 1941 or later. § Before 1921; 1921–1944; 1945 or later. Note: Where the sum of the percentages does not equal 100, the distribution of the remaining dwellings is unknown. but the estimated position is as follows: In April 1974 about 18.4 million sq. ft. of office space were rented or owned by Government Departments in London. In September 1975 the equivalent figure was about 18.9 million sq. ft. Some 1,450 Civil Service posts were moved out of London in the 12 months ending September 1975.
The extra office space occupied by civil servants in the United Kingdom outside London during the 12 months ending September 1975 was about 2 million sq. ft.