§ Mr. Hordernasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list, from international sources available to him, the proportions of the housing stock owned by public authorities, owner-occupied, and privately rented in France, West Germany, USA, Italy and Japan at the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. Kaufman:Available sources on the housing stock of these countries do not classify the ownership of rented housing. Proportions of housing which are owner-occupied follow:—
OWNER-OCCUPIED HOUSING Percentage of dwellings France, 1968 43.3 Germany (Federal Republic), 1968 34.3 United States of America, 1970 62.9 Percentage of households Italy, 1971 55.4 Japan, 1968 58.2