44. Mr. ROBINSONasked the Minister of Health the actual cost of parlour and non-parlour houses, respectively, at convenient dates in 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927, specifying the cost of land, roads and sewers, materials, labour, other charges and profit?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI am unable to give the all-in costs of houses erected during 1924 to 1927, but the average prices of houses included in contracts 2100 let by local authorities during the month of December in each of the years in question (excluding the cost of land and development) were, for non-parlour houses, £440, £448, £461 and £401, and for parlour houses £491, £497, £498 and £468. Sufficient data are not available in my Department to enable me to allocate the costs between the items mentioned in the last part of the question.
§ Mr. MONTAGUEI take it that those charges include interest charges?