§ 25. Mr. HAYDN JONESasked the First Commissioner of Works whether the Beachley garden city scheme is one for which His Majesty's Office of Works is responsible; if so, what is the area of the land embraced and its cost, the number of houses proposed to be erected, and their estimated cost; and if His Majesty's Office of Works is not responsible for the scheme what Department is?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of SHIPPING (Colonel Leslie Wilson)I have been asked to reply. His Majesty's Office of Works are undertaking the supervision of all the housing schemes at the national shipyards on behalf of the Ministry of Shipping. The area of land covered by the proposed housing scheme at Beachley is, approximately, 42½acres, and forms part of a larger area of land to allow for possible extensions. The actual figure for the purchase of this land has not yet been determined. The number of houses proposed to be erected on the Beachley sites is 342, of which 66 are now in course of erection. The scheme is still in process of preparation, and I am not in a position to give a complete estimate.