HC Deb 14 February 1946 vol 419 cc504-5
5 and 15. Major Boyd-Carpenter

asked the Minister of Health (1) whether he will state the number of tenders for the build- ing of permanent houses submitted to his Department by the local authorities for approval since 31st July, 1945; the number of these approved by his Department; and the number of permanent houses on which work, in accordance with these tenders, has actually been begun;

(2) whether his Department now has any information as to the number of houses completed in England and Wales during the six months ended 31st December, 1945.

8. Commander Douglas Marshall

asked the Minister of Health if he will state the number of houses in Cornwall in the course of construction on 1st January, 1946.

11. Squadron-Leader Segal

asked the Minister of Health if he will state the number of permanent and temporary houses which have been completed in the municipal borough of Pudsey since VJ-Day; how many are in the process of building; and how many licences to build have been issued,up to 31st December, 1945.

The Minister of Health (Mr. Aneurin Bevan)

I would refer the hon. and gallant Members to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Hertford (Mr. Walker-Smith) on 24th January. The progress report will be available in two or three weeks time and as the extraction of information relating to individual areas holds up work on the preparation of the report, I would ask hon. Members to await publication of the report itself.

Major Boyd-Carpenter

May I ask the Minister to answer Question 15, which is as to whether he has that information?

Mr. Bevan

I have not the information at the moment. It is intended that when the report is issued it shall contain the information up to the end of January. As there are in England and Wales alone 1,469 authorities involved, and information has to be collated and analysed, obviously some little time will elapse. I think that whatever complaint hon. Members may have, it will not be on account of lack of information.

Earl Winterton

Could I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether this will be made in the form of a statement issued by his Department or a White Paper?

Mr.Bevan

A White paper.

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