§ 35. Mr. BARNESasked the Minister of Health, whether he will submit a statement of the number of houses built for letting and for sale for the period 1932–36?
§ Sir K. WOODAs the answer involves a number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
Following is the answer:
The latest date up to which statistics are available is 30th September, 1935. During the four years ended on that date, 211,937 houses were provided by local authorities, and 7,923 houses were built by private enterprise with State assistance. Practically the whole of these houses were built for letting. During the same period, 830,222 houses were built by private enterprise without State assistance. Statistics of the proportion of such houses built for sale and for letting, respectively, have been available only since 1st October, 1933, and relate only to houses of rateable value not exceeding £26 (£21-£35 in Greater London). Of the 532,748 houses built between 1st October, 1933, and 30th September, 1935, 469,453 were houses of a rateable value not exceeding the figures mentioned, and of these 104,987 were in the occupation of persons other than their owners.