§ Mr. MELLERasked the Minister of Health the number of houses approved by the Ministry in 1923; and, of this number, how many houses provided for more than two bedrooms?
§ Mr. WHEATLEYDuring 1923, tenders were approved for 4,796 houses under the scheme authorised by the Housing Act of 1919, and 85,036 houses were included in schemes authorised by the Housing, etc., Act, 1923. Statistics are not available as to the number of houses which will provide for more than two bedrooms, but it may be taken that the majority of the houses are of the three-bedroom type.