§ 66. Mr. VIANTasked the Minister of Health the number of bricks manufactured in this country for each year since 1919; the number imported for the same years; the amount of rough timber for house building; and the amount of cement manufactured and imported for the same period?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of HEALTH (Sir Kingsley Wood)My right hon. Friend regrets that the whole of the information desired by the hon. Member is not available, but he will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT a statement giving the information which is in his possession.
§ Following is the statement:
§ Statistics of the annual production of bricks are not available, but it is estimated that 5,424 millions were manufactured in Great Britain during 1925. The numbers imported into Great Britain and Northern Ireland were as follows:—
| Bricks of Brick Earth or Clay. | |||||
| Year. | Quantity (1,000). | ||||
| 1919 | … | … | … | … | — |
| 1920 | … | … | … | … | 37 |
| 1921 | … | … | … | … | 3,920 |
| 1922 | … | … | … | … | 535 |
| 1923 | … | … | … | … | 7,372 |
| 1924 | … | … | … | … | 85,042 |
| 1925 | … | … | … | … | 158,900 |
| 1926 | … | … | … | … | 228,692 |
§ Statistics of the amount of rough timber used or imported for house building are not available.
§ The following table shows the approximate amounts of cement manufactured and imported:—
| Quantity (Tons). | |||
| Year. | Manufactured in Great and Britain and Northern Ireland. | Imported into Great Britain and Northern Ireland. | |
| 1919 | … | No information. | 1,556 |
| 1920 | … | 38,438 | |
| 1921 | … | 105,711 | |
| 1922 | … | 133,106 | |
| 1923 | … | 146,906 | |
| 1924 | … | 3,150,000 | 160,536 |
| 1925 | … | 3,600,000 | 217,452 |
| 1926 | … | 3,800,000 | 330,584 |