§ 82. Colonel Nathanasked the Minister of Health the average prices of non-parlour houses, excluding flats and houses specially erected for aged persons, provided by local authorities in England and Wales, for each quarter in the years 1935, 1936 and 1937, respectively; and whether his Department is still finding it necessary to withhold sanction for loans in certain cases on the ground that the tender prices are unsatisfactory?
§ Mr. BernaysThe answer to the first part of the question involves a tabular statement, and I will, with the hon. and gallant Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT. With regard to the second part, I may refer to the remarks on this matter which my right hon. Friend made on the Second Reading of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Bill.
§ Following is the statement:
§ Particulars relating to prices desired by the hon. and gallant Member so far as they are available. The figures relate to 363 contracts let and direct labour schemes commenced by local authorities in
| Year. | Average cost* of non-parlour houses, excluding flats and houses specially erected for aged persons, provided in the quarter ending | ||||||
| 31st March. | 30th June. | 30th September. | 31st December. | ||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||||
| 1935 | … | … | … | 295 | 302 | 299 | 309 |
| 1936 | … | … | … | 307 | 310 | 311 | 327 |
| 1937 | … | … | … | 342 | 361 | 362 | 364 |
| * Including the cost of paths, drains and fences, but excluding the cost of land, roads, sewers and Architects' fees. |