§ Mr. RITSONasked the Minister of Labour how many families have been placed in permanent employment through the land settlement schemes in the administrative county of Durham?
§ Mr. E. BROWNThe Durham County Council, with the co-operation of the Commissioner for the Special Areas (England and Wales), has in hand schemes which will provide for the settlement, on full-time holdings in the County, of 124 families. Of these, 19 are on non-residential holdings which the men are working from their existing dwelling-houses. Another 34 families are already in residence on their holdings, and 31 more will go into residence in the near future. As regards the remaining 40 holdings, contracts for the houses have been let and the builders are on the sites.