§ Mr. TRAINasked the Minister of Health whether he will prepare a statement of the losses being incurred by the local authorities with a rateable value of less than £250,000 on schemes being operated under the various Housing Acts since 1918, giving the losses for each local authority separately?
§ Mr. SHAKESPEAREMy right hon. Friend does not think the preparation of such a return as my hon. Friend suggests would justify the expense and labour which it would involve. There are no fewer than 1,565 housing authorities in England and Wales having a rateable value of less than £250,000, and their total expenditure in 1931–32 on housing account not met out of specific income was £886,003.