§ 54. Mr. FRANKLINasked the Minister of Health the number of houses built under the Housing Act, 1923; the cost per house; the amount of subsidy paid for each house or group of houses; and the districts where such houses were erected
§ Mr. WHEATLEYUp to the 1st instant 10,519 houses had been completed in England and Wales under the Housing, etc., Act, 1923. These houses are situate in the districts of some 600 local authorities all over the country. Information is not available as to the cost of the houses erected by private enterprise, but the average prices of all houses included in contracts let by local authorities under the Act up to the end of April were £379 for non-parlour houses and £432 for parlour houses. The Exchequer subsidy payable in respect of those houses is at the rate of £6 a year for 20 years for each house.