§ Mr. CAPEasked the Minister of Health what is the number of houses now under construction by direct labour or building guilds; how many have been completed; and what is the average cost of those completed?
§ Dr. ADDISONOn the 1st October 227 houses had been completed by direct labour and a further 2,000 houses were under construction. Work had also commenced on eight contracts comprising 1,003 houses to be erected by building guilds, but none of these houses were completed on the date in question. The cost of the houses in these schemes is being carefully watched, but until some of them are further advanced and the whole of the overhead charges can be properly apportioned, it would be misleading to give the figures which are available relating to a portion of the cost only.