HC Deb 28 May 1924 vol 174 c408
55. Mr. EMLYN-JONES

asked the Minister of Health the number of subsidy houses actually under construction by private enterprise and by local authorities, and the number of non-subsidy houses below £52 per annum rateable value actually in course of erection?

Mr. WHEATLEY

The number of subsidy houses under construction on the 1st instant were: 24,270 by private enterprise; 11,731 by local authorities. On the 31st March last approximately 36,000 houses of a rateable value not exceeding £52 in the provinces and £70 in the Metropolitan Police District were under construction by private enterprise without the aid of subsidy.