HC Deb 30 June 1924 vol 175 cc943-4W
Mr. D. G. SOMERVILLE

asked the First Commissioner of Works the aggregate sums received from the sale of small house property under the control of his Department in 1921, 1922, 1923 and the first five months of 1924?

Mr. JOWETT

There were no sales in 1921, but property to the value of £3,950 was sold by the Disposal Board in 1922. In 1923, when the policy of sale was instituted by the Treasury and my Department, the receipts were £15,210, and for 1924 (January to May) £27,537.

Mr. SOMERVILLE

also asked the First Commissioner of Works the number of tenants of small house property under the control of his Department who have been dispossessed through the sale of the houses in which they lived during 1921, 1922, 1923 and the first five months of 1924?

Mr. JOWETT

So far as I am aware, no tenant has been dispossessed against his will by any purchaser.