§ Mr. DENNISONasked the Minister of Health the total amounts advanced each year from 1919 onwards under the Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts in England and Wales; and the number of houses to which the loans applied?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINInformation is not available showing the actual amounts advanced by local authorities in England
Year. Amounts of loans sanctioned by the Ministry of Health under— Total. Small Dwellings Acquisition Act. *Section 92 of the Housing Act, 1925. £ £ £ 1919 … … … … 5,533 — 5,533 1920 … … … … 197,523 — 197,523 1921 … … … … 90.741 — 90,741 1922 … … … … 30,515 — 30,515 1923 … … … … 569,062 866,761 1,435,823 1924 … … … … 4,600,427 2,494,179 7,094,606 1925 … … … … 6,809,770 4,116,442 10,926,212 1926 … … … … 9,316,091 4,054,051 13,370,142 21,619,662 11,531,433 33,151,095 * Formerly Section 5 of the Housing Act, 1923. In addition the London County Council, between 1st January, 1923, and 31st December, 1926, sanctioned or advanced over £2,800,000 under these Acts, and the Birmingham Corporation advanced during the same period under special powers over £1,760,000.
The total numbers of houses in respect of which advances had been made under the two Acts up to the end of 1926 were:
Under the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act 40,636 Under Section 92 of the Housing Act, 1925: (a) Advances 24,577 (b) Guarantees to Building Societies 5,937 71,150