§ Dr. SHIELSasked the Secretary for Scotland the number of inhabited houses and the number of families in Scotland as shown by the Census of 1921?
§ Sir J. GILMOURInhabited houses enumerated in Scotland at the Census of 1921 numbered 1,057,609. The Census does not state the number of families, but the number of separate occupiers was 1,107,631.
§ Sir A. SINCLAIRasked the Under-Secretary to the Scottish Board of Health the number of houses under construction with State assistance in Scotland on 1st February, 1924, 1st November, 1924, and 1st March, 1925, respectively, and the number of houses built by private enterprise, without State assistance, on 461W 1st April, 1924, and 1st October, 1924, or on the nearest dates for which statistics are available?
— 31st January, 1924. 31st October, 1924. 28th February, 1925. Housing, Town Planning, etc. (Scotland) Act, 1919. 2,918 2,457 1,679 Housing, etc., Act, 1923:— (1) Additional Houses being built:— (a) by Local Authorities 349 1,900 2,171 (b) by Private Enterprise 641 3,109 3,388 (2) Under Slum Clearance Schemes 1,116 2,004 2,504 Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1924:— (a) by Local Authorities — 232 821 (b) by Private Enterprise — — — TOTALS 5,024 9,702 10,563 The statistics asked for in the second part of the question are not available.