HC Deb 21 April 1913 vol 52 c16 P
26. Mr. ROYDS

asked the number of cottages erected by local authorities under the provisions of the Housing of the Working Classes Acts for the years 1909–10, 1910–11, and 1911–12, respectively?

Mr. BURNS

The number of houses for the erection of which the Local Government Board sanctioned loans under Part III. of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, during the years 1910–13, is:—

For the year ended 31st March,
1910 … … … … … 270
For the year ended 31st March,
1911 … … … … … 471
For the year ended 31st March,
1912 … … … … … 1,021
For the year ended 31st March,
1913 … … … … … 1,880

Since the 1st instant I have sanctioned loans for sixty-four houses, and there are at the present time applications before me for sanction to loans for the erection of some 1,700 houses.