Captain BENNasked the Minister of Health if the Census Returns have been 2127W compiled showing in administrative areas for Scotland and for England and Wales the number and kind of houses classified according to the number of families, persons, and rooms within them; if so, what the numbers are; and, if not, when they will be available and if comparable figures for the Census of 1901 and 1911 can be given?
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN:Statistics corresponding to those contained in Table 10 in the London County Census Report, to which the hon. and gallant Member presumably refers, are being compiled separately for each county and its appropriate sub-divisions for publication in the county series. The statistics for England and Wales as a whole will not be available-till all the county tabulations are completed, namely, about the end of the present year. Some comparable 1911 figures are being given in the text to. be included in each county part; but comparison with 1901 is not attempted, as it is rendered difficult by the greater degree of elaboration which has since been accorded to this subject, particularly in 1921. As regards the statistics for Scotland, the hon. and gallant Member should address a question to the Under-Secretary for Scotland.
Captain BENNasked the Minister of Health if the Census returns of private families and dwellings, giving the number of private families, the population of private families, the number of structurally-separate dwellings occupied, the rooms occupied, and the rooms per person, as published for the County of London, have been compiled separately for Scotland and for England and Wales: if so, what they are; and, if not, when they will be available and if comparable figures can be given for the Censuses of 1901 and 1911?
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN:Statistics corresponding to those contained in Table 11 in the London County Census Report, to which the hon. and gallant Member presumably refers, are being compiled separately for each county and its appropriate sub-divisions for publication in the county series. The statistics for England and Wales as a whole will not be available till all the county tabulations are completed, namely, about the end of the present year. Some comparable 1911 figures are being given in the table itself and in the text to be included in each county 2128W part; but comparison with 1901 is not attempted, as it is rendered difficult by the greater degree of elaboration which has since been accorded to this subject, particularly in 1921. As regards the statistics for Scotland the hon. and gallant Member should address a question to the Under-Secretary for Scotland.