§ 61. Colonel Sir C. YATEasked the Minister of Health how many six-roomed and how many four-roomed houses have now been built and how many more of each have been approved; what is the grant, respectively, for six-roomed and four-roomed cottages; and what encouragement he can give, for the construction of four-roomed cottages to meet the pressing demand for accommodation on the part of young married couples?
Sir A. MONOI am not in a position to give the exact figures for which my hon. and gallant Friend asks, but approximately 13,000 non-parlour houses with four rooms and 25,400 parlour houses with five and six rooms have been completed. I presume that, in speaking of grants for these houses, my hon. and gallant Friend is referring to subsidies under the Housing (Additional Powers) Act. The grant allowed for four-roomed houses is £240 per house and for five and six-roomed houses £260. The provision of a sufficient proportion of houses suitable for young married couples has been consistently encouraged by my Department, subject to the particular needs of individual localities.
§ Sir C. YATEWhat is the proportion which the right hon. Gentleman considers necessary?