§ Lieut.-Colonel HORLICKasked the Minister of Health the number of houses rated at £26 a year and under that were completed during the last financial year without any assistance from public funds; and whether any estimate has been made as to the number completed since 1st April of this year?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINDuring the year ended 31st March last 46,718 houses of a rateable value not exceeding £26 (£35 in the Metropolitan Police District) were completed without State assistance. No estimate is available as to the number of such houses completed since that date.