28. Mrs. Butlerasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government how many of the 4,000 families from Middlesex who have been housed in new towns around London since 6th May, 1953, were selected under the industrial selection scheme as contained in his Department's circular No. 29/53 and his further circular letter dated 10th September, 1953.
§ Mr. SandysAbout 400.
Mrs. ButlerIs the Minister aware that a very high proportion of the families going to new towns outside this industrial selection scheme do not appear to be on the housing waiting list of any local authority, and as this scheme was introduced to enable families on the waiting lists of local authorities to work and live in the new towns, and the 972 numbers just given are very small compared with the total number, is the Minister satisfied that this scheme is working so as to benefit the families in the greatest housing need?
§ Mr. SandysI am satisfied that it is making a worth-while contribution. In this connection it should be remembered that every family which moves out of London to a new town or elsewhere releases a house or removes a family from a housing list.