§ Mr. TURNERasked the Minister of Health how many authorities in the West Riding of Yorkshire made returns to the Ministry of Health as to the minimum number of houses required to meet the housing needs of their areas in 1920; how many houses have been erected during the two years since the returns were made; and how many houses, are required each year to meet the natural demand of the increasing population?
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN159 local authorities in the West Riding of Yorkshire made returns at the end of 1919 as to the housing needs in their areas. Under the State assisted scheme 18,587 houses have been erected by local authorities and public utility societies, but information is not available as to the number erected by other agencies. No reliable statistics are available which would enable a reply to be given to the last part of the question, but from the result of the Census of 1921 it appears that the average annual increase of population between 1911 and 1921 was 13,627.