24. Viscountess ASTORasked the Minister of Health the number of Weir steel bungalows, and Atholl steel houses that have been erected in England and Wales; the length of the period on which loans hive been granted to these houses; and whether sanction has been given to any local authorities to erect any type of steel house in the future?
§ Sir K. WOOD174 houses of the Athol type and 48 of the Weir type have so far been completed in England and Wales in connection with subsidy schemes and the scheme for the erection of demonstration houses. The period in which local authorities are required to repay loans raised for the erection of these types of houses is 40 years. With regard to the last part of the question, a number of local authorities have received sanction for the erection of houses of external steel or cast iron construction, but I have no definite information as to how many of these remain to be completed.