Mr. A. T. DAVIESasked the hon. Member for the Pollok Division of Glasgow, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether he is aware that the Geddes Report, as applied to housing schemes where the average cost per house is £1,100, states that the nett rent received is £16 per annum plus 1d. rate, leaving an annual deficit of £55 per 1931W annum on each house; whether he is aware that the annual rent of such houses erected under the scheme at Wragly Road, Lincoln, is £36 8s. per annum; what is the actual average rent per annum of such houses; and whether the details on which the Geddes Report figures were supplied by the Office of Works?
§ Sir J. GILMOURThe figures mentioned by the hon. Member were not furnished by my Department, but apparently relate to houses built by local authorities under the assisted scheme of the Ministry of Health. The whole cost of the erection of the houses at Lincoln which are under the charge of my Department was paid for out of moneys voted by Parliament, and the average annual rent of these houses is £35 18s. and not £36 8s.