§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has regarding the average age of (a) males and (b) females, of those married couples purchasing a first home in each year since 1945; and if he will publish it.
§ Mr. ArmstrongThe available information is that for first-time purchasers obtaining building society mortgages, the average age of sole or first-named applicants was 30 in each of the years 1969 to 1974, and 29 in 1975.