§ Mr. BENNETTasked the Minister of Health the number of houses erected in England, Scotland and Wales to the latest available date, indicating how
— Numbers of houses erected. With State Assistance. Without State Assistance. Total. England (excluding Monmouth) … … … 440,053 272,500* 712,553 Scotland … … … 45,019 8,702† 53,721 Wales (including Monmouth) … … … 26,818 15,700* 42,518 511,890 296,902 808,792 * These figures are only approximate. Returns were not obtained before October, 1922, and the numbers of houses included as erected prior to that date are based on estimates. † In Scotland returns are obtained yearly and figures are not yet available as to the numbers of houses erected since December, 1925, without State assistance between that date and the 1st October, 1926.