§ 40. Sir C. RAWSONasked the Minister of Health if he will give particulars of the loans at present sanctioned and applied for, respectively, in connection with housing?
Sir H. YOUNGThe total amount of loans sanctioned for housing purposes in England and Wales since the War is approximately £571,000,000. No precise figures of the amount of borrowing involved by the various proposals before my Department can be given, but the average amount of loans sanctioned for housing purposes in England and Wales in each of the first four months of this year was approximately £1,211,500.