§ Rear-Admiral Beamishasked the Minister of Health the total amount of housing subsidies payable in the last year for which the figures are available both by the Government and by local authorities under the various housing Acts.
§ Mr. WillinkThe amounts of the Government subsidies under the various Housing Acts paid in the year 1943–44 were as follows:
£ 1919 Act … … 4,947,169 1923 Act … … 2,439,273 1924 Act … … 4,422,182 1926 Act … … 77,990 1936 Act … … 2,865,014 1938 Act … … 645,974 Total … … £15,397,602 The amounts paid in any year represent advances for the year and balances in respect of previous years. Precise figures of amounts payable in respect of the year are not available. Particulars of amounts paid or payable by local authorities are not available.