HC Deb 12 December 1975 vol 902 cc390-1W
Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing the number of dwellings completed per 1,000 population in each of the member countries of the OECD, in so far as the information is available to him, during the latest year for which this information is available.

Mr. Armstrong

The latest information is as follows:

Dwellings completed per 1,000 Inhabitants 1974
Australia 11.1(1)(1971)
Austria 6.6
Belgium 6.7(2)(1973)
Canada 9.4 (1971)
Denmark 9.6
Finland 15.4(3)
France 9.8
Germany, Federal Republic 9.7
Greece 9.1(4)
Iceland 10.5(5)(1973)
Ireland 8.2
Italy 3.6(6)(1973)
Japan 15.1(2)(1970)
Luxembourg 6.4 (1973)
Netherlands 10.9
Norway 9.8(3)
Portugal 5.2 (1973)
Spain 10.2
Sweden 10.5
Switzerland 11.8(7)
Turkey Not available
USA 8.1
United Kingdom 5.0
(1) Year ending 30th June 1971.
(2) Dwellings started.
(3) Excluded one-room dwellings without kitchen or kitchenette.
(4) Dwellings authorised.
(5) Including extensions.
(6) Dwellings in municipalities with over 20,000 inhabitants.
(7) Excluding dwellings in non-residential buildings and in buildings jointly used for habitations and commercial purposes in localities with less than 2,000 inhabitants.