§ Sir S. CHAPMANasked the Minister of Health the total number of houses (State-aided) erected in England and Wales under the 1919 Housing Act; the number of houses erected, or sanctioned for erection, under the 1923 Act, by public authorities and by private enterprise, respectively; the number of houses erected or sanctioned for erection under the 1924 Act; and the average price for a non-parlour house (January, 1925) and for a parlour house (January, 1925), respectively?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe numbers of houses completed up to the 1st instant under the Housing Acts of 1919 were as follow:—
(a) Housing, Town Planning, Etc., Act, 1919 172,259
(b) Housing (Additional Powers) Act, 1919 39,186
The position as regards the Acts of 1923 and 1924 is as follows:
45WThe average prices of houses included in contracts let by local authorities in England and Wales during January were:
Non-parlour houses £439 Parlour houses £495