§ 57. Mr. WELLOCKasked the Minister of Health the number of local authorities at present erecting houses by direct labour, and the total number of houses involved in these schemes; also similar figures for January, 1928, and January, 1925?
§ Mr. GREENWOODThe number of local authorities in England and Wales who were erecting houses by direct labour at the 1st January, 1930, was 47, and the number of houses which they had already erected or were erecting by direct labour at that date was 21,164. The figures for 1st January, 1928, were 46 local authorities and 7,528 houses. Similar figures for the 1st January, 1925, are not available.
§ Lieut.-Colonel FREMANTLEHas the right hon. Gentleman any figures, or can he give us any idea as regards the relative cost of the houses erected by direct labour?
§ Mr. GREENWOODThe hon. and gallant Member had better put down a question on that point.