§ MR. FREDERICK WILSON (Norfolk, Mid.)To ask the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been called to the figures in the Census for England and Wales, showing that the total number of houses building in 1901 was 61,909, as compared with 38,387 in the previous decade; if he can state how many of these houses building were cottages or workmen's houses; whether each tenement in a flat or block is reckoned as a separate house; and whether he will consider the advisability of providing that more detailed particulars will be given in future census returns.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) As regards the first point, I am aware of the figures on the subject. The answer to the next two points is in the negative. With respect to the concluding part of the Question, the Registrar General is at all times willing to give careful consideration to any practical suggestions made to him for the improvement of any future census, and note will be taken of the suggestion made by the hon. Member.