§ Sir A. SINCLAIRasked the Under-Secretary to the Scottish Board of Health the number of houses in Scottish rural areas approved for subsidy to 31st January, 1926, under the Housing, Etc., Act, 1923, and the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1924, respectively; and the number of houses actually completed in the year 1920, and in each succeeding year, with the aid of Government subsidies?
§ Sir J. GILMOURThe information asked for in the first part of the question is not available in respect of the Housing,2062W Etc., Act of 1923. Under the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1924, the number of houses approved for subsidy as at 31st January, 1926, in Scottish rural areas as defined by the Act, was 124. As regards the last part of the question, the numbers of houses actually completed in Scotland with the aid of Government subsidies in the years in question were as follow:
Year. Number of houses. 1920 … … … 692 1921 … … … 5,816 1922 … … … 10,505 1923 … … … 6,618 1924 … … … 4,384 1925 … … … 8,201