HC Deb 03 August 1978 vol 955 c729W
Mr. Lawson

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for every year since 1945 the number of people who became home owners for the first time throughout the United Kingdom.

Mr. Armstrong

Available numbers of mortgages to first time purchasers are as follows:

(a) Building Societies (United Kingdom)
thousands
1968 226
1969 290
1970 331
1971 394
1972 394
1973 283
1974 220
1975 306
1976 352
1977 356
1978 (half-year) 200

(b) Local Authorities (England and Wales)
thousands
1975 90
1976 25
1977 21