HC Deb 29 June 1950 vol 476 c2440
26. Brigadier Clarke

asked the Minister of Health why there was a drop of 4,500 in the houses completed in April compared with the previous month.

Mr. Bevan

It is impossible to give precise reasons without making detailed inquiries of all local housing authorities. A similar drop has occurred in earlier years. It is possible that local authorities are specially anxious to complete as many houses as possible in March, so that the maximum number of subsidy payments will commence in the financial year then current.