§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing for each year since 1945 the proportion of the gross domestic product devoted to housing.
§ Mr. ArmstrongThe following table sets out the available information. The answer is in terms of the gross domestic fixed capital formation in dwellings as a percentage of the gross domestic product for the United Kingdom at market prices.
GROSS DOMESTIC FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION IN DWELLINGS AS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT. 1948 … … 2.9 1949 … … 2.7 1950 … … 2.6 1951 … … 2.6 1952 … … 3.1 1953 … … 3.7 1954 … … 3.6 1955 … … 3.3 1956 … … 3.1 1957 … … 2.8 1958 … … 2.5 1959 … … 2.7 1960 … … 2.8 1961 … … 2.9 1962 … … 30 1963 … … 3.2 1964 … … 3.7 1965 … … 3.6 1966 … … 3.6 1967 … … 3.8 1968 … … 3.9 1969 … … 3.6 1970 … … 3.2 1971 … … 3.3 1972 … … 3.6 1973 … … 3.7 1974 … … 3.9 1975 … … 4.0 1976 … … 3.8