§ Mr. DUNCAN MILLARasked the Minister of Health the number of certificates issued by local authorities in England and Wales authorising the erection of houses by private enterprise under The Housing, etc., Act, 1923, and the number of houses erected in England and Wales by private enterprise under that Act up to the 31st December, 1923; and the number of houses approved of for erection by local authorities in England and Wales under the 1923 Act, and the number erected under that Act up to the 31st December, 1923, distinguishing the number of houses approved and erected under slum clearance schemes and as new houses, respectively?
§ Mr. WHEATLEYUp to the 31st December, 1923, local authorities had issued certificates authorising the erection of 25,188 houses by private enterprise under The Housing, etc., Act, 1923. 1,110 houses had been completed, and a further 6,657 were under construction. At the same date 31,434 houses had been authorised in schemes to be carried out by local authorities under the Act, 1,998 had been completed, and a further 6,606 were under construction. These figures do not include houses erected to replace dwellings included in slum clearances. Tenders for the erection of 1,108 houses or tenements have been approved since the beginning of 1923 in connection with slum clearance schemes.