§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the number of mortgages advanced to first-time home buyers in the period March 1974 to April 1979.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe number of building society mortgages advanced to first time purchasers in the period March 1974 to April 1979 was 1,690,000.
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§ Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg1,452,000 dwellings were started in Great Britain from March 1974 to April 1979 inclusive.