§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1960 the per capita spending on housing in the United Kingdom; and, from information available from international sources, if he will give comparable figures for each of the other EEC countries, Canada and the United States of America.
§ Mr. ArmstrongThe information is not available in the precise form requested but the following is readily available:
Table 1: Gross domestic fixed capital formation at current prices on dwellings: 1960–1975 United Kingdom £ per person 1960 … … … 14.2 1961 … … … 15.6 1962 … … … 16.7 1963 … … … 17.8 1964 … … … 22.6 1965 … … … 23.8 1966 … … … 25.2 1967 … … … 27.8 1968 … … … 30.4 1969 … … … 30.2 1970 … … … 29.6 1971 … … … 34.1 1972 … … … 40.8 1973 … … … 48.4 1974 … … … 56.0 1975 … … … 71.2
Table II: Gross fixed capital formation at current prices on residential buildings; latest available years Spending per person Belgium 6,100 francs (1970) Denmark 2,300 kroner (1973) France 1,300 francs (1972) Germany, Federal Republic. 950 marks (1973) Ireland 32 pounds (1971) Italy 91,000 lire (1973) Luxembourg Not available Netherlands 800 guilders (1973) Canada 220 Canadian dollars (1972) United States of America. 260 United States dollars (1973) Care must be taken in interpreting variations between the figures because apart from differences in definitions and coverage there can be substantial differences between countries in respect of the quality of housing stock and the imbalance between the quantity of hous- 404W ing available and the number of households requiring accommodation.