§ Lord E. PERCYasked the Secretary for Scotland whether he can furnish a statement of the number of dwelling-houses built in Scotland in each of the 24 years, 1900 to 1923, as nearly as possible analogous to the statements furnished by the Minister of Health for England and Wales?
Mr. ADAMSONPrecise information is not available as to the total number of houses built in the period referred to, but according to returns published "by the Board of Inland Be venue as to the total number of houses charged to Inhabited House Duty, and the total number exempt from Inhabited House Duty, the following net increases or decreases occurred during each of the years 1900–1914 inclusive:—
1005WSimilar figures cannot be supplied for the years 1915–23, but during each of the years 1919–23 the following numbers of houses were erected with State assistance under the Housing Acts.
Year. Number of Houses. 1919 … … … Nil 1920 … … … 692 1921 … … … 5,817 1922 … … … 10,489 1923 … … … 6,642 The rateable value of these houses is not known.
The Scottish Board of Health have no returns that would enable them to give similar figures to those given by the Minister of Health in the last paragraph of his reply of 20th instant in reference to the number of houses erected by private enterprise during the year ended 30th September, 1923.