§ Mr. Douglas-Mannasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will publish figures showing in statistical or graph form the changes in the average national level of house prices for each year since 1935, and, for purposes of comparison, the changes in the level of prices of ordinary shares as indicated by the Financial Times Index.
§ Mr. FreesonFollowing is the information requested:
Index of House Prices (1934–39 average price=100) Financial Times Index of Industrial Ordinary Shares* (1st July 1935=100) 1934–39 100 1945 198 116 1946 239 126 1947 309 131 1948 353 111 1949 343 104 1950 355 111 1951 374 134 1952 368 109 1953 341 120 1954 331 159 1955 339 195 1956 349 181 1957 349 188 1958 356 182 1959 366 250 1960 396 319 1961 433 320 1962 464 286 1963 501 317 1964 570 347 1965 613 337 1966 649 332 1967 697 355 1968 739 463 1969 783 420 1970 833 361 1971 943 386 1972 1,288 504 1973 1,751 436 1974 1,864 251 1975 1,968 311 1976 2,102 368 * Prior to 1955 figures relate to 30th July of each year. All other figures are yearly averages.