HC Deb 19 July 1979 vol 970 c809W
Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the number of housing starts between March 1974 and April 1979.

GROSS FIXED INVESTMENT IN HOUSING AS A PROPORTION OF GDP EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY

MEMBERS: 1973–77

1973 1974 1975 1976 Percentage 1977
Belgium 5.3 6.2 6.2 7.0 ..
Federal Republic of Germany 6.3 6.2 5.4 5.5 5.5
France 7.2 7.7 7.3 7.2 7.1
Italy 5.9 6.5 6.0 5.7 ..
Luxembourg 6.4 7.2 7.6 .. ..
Netherlands 6.3 5.5 5.1 5.0 5.8
United Kingdom 4.5 4.2 4.5 4.3 3.8
Ireland 5.1 6.9 6.2 .. ..
Denmark 6.5 5.5 4.6 5.4 4.6*
.. Not available.
* United Nations Estimate.

Not all definitions used are exactly comparable.