The following question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. FENBY:9. To ask the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the decrease in the number of controlled houses, the large number of working men who have been compelled to purchase houses, and the large number of working men who rent rooms in houses not within the Rent Restrictions Act, he wilt take the necessary steps to obtain the average rent now being paid by the working classes and revise the index figure from March of this year accordingly.
§ Mr. FENBYIn asking this question, may I express my pleasure at the right hon. Gentleman's return after his recent illness?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDA considerable volume of authoritative information concerning the numbers of decontrolled houses and the rents paid for them is becoming available in connection
| Statement as to Housing Conditions in the Six Counties in North Wales. | ||||||
| Year 1926. | ||||||
| Number of Houses. | Anglesey. | Caernarvon. | Derbigh. | Flint. | Merioneth. | Montgomery. |
| 1. Inspected for housing defects under the Public Health or Housing Acts. | 1,015 | 6,719 | 4,239 | 1,843 | 806 | 821 |
| 2. Found unfit for human habitation. | 44 | 104 | 75 | 144 | 50 | 42 |
| 3. Found not reasonably fit for human habitation. | 77 | 973 | 1,586 | 405 | 183 | 126 |
| 4. Rendered fit by informal action or after formal notices (either under Housing or Public Health Acts). | 125 | 2,000 | 2,868 | 818 | 255 | 213 |
| 5. In respect of which closing orders were made. | 6 | 4 | 6 | — | 26 | 17 |
| 6. In respect of which closing orders wore determined (houses having been made fit). | — | 8 | 1 | — | 3 | 4 |
| 7. In respect of which demolition orders were made. | — | — | 1 | — | — | 13 |
| 8. Demolished in pursuance of demolition orders. | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — |