§ Lieut.-Colonel HORLICKasked the Minister of Health the amount of money that has been paid to 1st November, 1925, as a subsidy towards the erection of demonstration houses built by alternative methods of construction; how many of such houses have been completed; and how many have not been commenced with the exception of the foundations?
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN£28,800 has been allocated for grants in respect of demonstration houses. The subsidy is not payable until the houses have been completed and have been open to inspection by the public for one month. The actual payments made amount to £2,800. Complete particulars as to the stage of all the schemes is not available, but, according to the latest information, 51 of the houses had been completed and, apart from work on foundations, 48 had not been commenced.