39 and 40. Mr. WINTERTONasked the Minister of Health (1) whether he has yet received from the Leicestershire County Council a copy of the survey required by the Housing Act; if he will state how many houses are inhabited but unfit for human habitation; and how many houses it is proposed to build within the next five years to meet the deficiency;
(2) whether he has yet received from the Surrey County Council a copy of the survey required by the Housing Act; if he will state how many houses are inhabited but unfit for human habitation; and how many houses it is proposed to build within the next five years to meet the deficiency?
§ Mr. GREENWOODThe Housing Act of 1930 does not require a county council either to submit to me a survey of the housing conditions in the county or to submit a programme of building to be carried out in the next five years. What the Act does is to place on the county councils the duty of keeping in constant review the housing conditions in the rural districts of the county, and at the same time to request the rural district councils to supply information to the county council. The collection and examination of this information by the county councils is now proceeding.