§ Brigadier-General COCKERILLasked the Minister of Health what is the mated average price at which working class houses can be built in Great Britain; and what proportion of this cost, approximately, is paid in wages, including the production and transportation of all raw materials and the preparation of the site?
§ Dr. ADDISONThe average cost of a house, excluding land, roads, and sewers,1072W may be estimated, on the basis of tenders already approved, at about £730, and the average total cost, including land, roads, and sewers, at about £800. Of the latter sum between £340 and £350 is comprised in the cost of labour directly employed in the building of the house, but a large proportion of the remaining sum is attributable to the cost of labour in production and transportation.