§ Mr. Dayasked the Minister of Health what statistics his Department has showing the present housing requirements in England and Wales, and what is the present housing shortage; will he also give particulars of any estimate his Department has made for improvement; when it is anticipated that the population of England and Wales will be satisfactorily housed; and is it considered that the present rate of housing construction is in excess of normal requirements?
§ Sir K. WoodThe number of houses required to complete the present slum clearance and overcrowding programmes is estimated at about 400,000. Those programmes will take approximately five years to complete. An estimate of the houses required for the general needs of
60WActs are now engaging the attention of the Government, but I am hot yet in a position to make any statement.