§ 21. Mr. T. WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Health how many local authorities have made application for permission to build houses during each of the five months this year; how many schemes were sanctioned; and how many houses were involved?
Sir H. YOUNGSpecific answers cannot be satisfactorily given to the three parts of the question as decisions on many of the applications are still pending. The numbers of houses approved for erection by local authorities in England and Wales during each of the first five months of this year were 3,423, 4,001, 4,584, 2,515, and 3,304, respectively.
§ Mr. HERBERT WILLIAMSDoes this refer to new houses to be erected by persons other than local authorities?
Sir H. YOUNGI am dealing here with local authorities who have made application for permission to build. It is local authorities' houses.
§ 17. Mr. H. WILLIAMS(for Mr. MITCHESON) asked the Minister of Health the total number of houses built in the six months ended 31st March, 1933, and, for comparison, the corresponding total for the six months ended 31st March, 1932?
Sir H. YOUNGThe total number of houses of a rateable value not exceeding £78 (or £105 in the metropolitan area) completed in England and Wales during the six months ended 31st March, 1933, was 104,981. The corresponding total for the six months ended 31st March, 1932, was 106,461.