§ Major PRESCOTTasked the Minister of Health the number of completed houses and those for which the foundations have been laid within the Metropolitan police area since the appointment of the Director-General of Housing; and if he will give the total cost of the new Housing Department since its creation?
§ Dr. ADDISON2,500 houses including 410 by conversion into flats have been completed in the Metropolitan police area, in some cases with the exception of 1749W painting. Local authorities had in hand a further 6,936 houses in various stages of construction at the date of the last return; and an additional 3,586 houses are being provided under the grant to private builders, making 10,522 in all. But I have not detailed information as to progress of erection in respect of the subsidy houses. The cost to date of the new Housing Department for England and Wales is approximately £236,000.