SIR WALTER FOSTER (Derbyshire Ilkeston)To ask the President of the Local Government Board how many houses for the working classes have been built or provided by the councils in rural districts under The Housing of the Working Classes Act. 1890, and the Acts amending it; and what are the names of the parishes and counties in which they have been built or provided, and the number of houses so built or provided in each of such parishes.
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) I have no information as to the number of houses actually provided in rural districts under these Acts, but the following table gives particulars of the cases in which loans have been sanctioned for the purpose:—