§ 80. Mr. LOUGHERasked the Minister of Health whether he has statistics showing the number of local authorities who have not yet administered that portion of the Housing Act of 1923 which provides for the granting of the lump-sum subsidy; if there are any, can he furnish the names of such local authorities; and whether he will supply the names of local authorities who augment the lump-sum subsidy out of local rates?
§ Sir K. WOODThere are 1,769 local authorities who are empowered to grant subsidies for existing private enterprise under the Housing Act, 1923, and of these 1,436 have undertaken schemes for this purpose. With few exceptions these 439 schemes provide for a lump-sum subsidy. The majority of the 333 authorities who have no schemes are the councils of small urban districts or rural districts. In the case of 375 of the 1,436 local authorities who have undertaken schemes the subsidy granted is in excess of the Exchequer contribution.