HC Deb 05 October 1944 vol 403 cc1133-4
73. Sir C. Edwards

asked the Minister of Health how many requests he has received from local authorities for permission to build permanent houses in preference to accepting the temporary ones; what was his reply; and will he state the terms on which permanent houses can be built and the amount of subsidy per house which is to be paid.

Mr. Willink

So far as I am aware, none of the selected local authorities who were asked whether they wished to apply for an allocation of temporary houses has asked as an alternative to increase its short-term programme of permanent houses. But I could not increase the allocation of building labour, which will be the limiting factor in the programme of permanent houses, to a particular authority on the grounds that it did not wish to apply for temporary dwellings. I am not yet in a position to make any statement as to the amount of post-war subsidies for permanent houses.