§ 71. Mr. FRANKLINasked the Minister of Health the amount paid by the Exchequer in the years 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1923 to make up the annual loss on housing schemes after the 1d. rate had been paid by the municipal authorities; what was the average amount paid in respect of the Exchequer's share of loss per house in each of those years; and, in making out this average, will he differentiate between those houses completed in each year since the assumption of this liability by the Exchequer?
Mr. GREENWOODThe subsidies paid to local authorities in respect of the 1d. rate housing scheme in the years referred to are as follow:—
£ 1920 … … … … 2,475 1921 … … … … 2,264,272 1922 … … … … 6,451,484 1923 … … … … 7,910,146 My right hon. Friend regrets that he is unable to give the information asked for in the second and third parts of the question, as there is no material available for calculating the deficit on houses completed 2408 year by year separately from the deficit on partly completed houses.
£ 1920 … … … … 2,475 1921 … … … … 2,264,272 1922 … … … … 6,451,484 1923 … … … … 7,910,146