§ Viscount SANDONasked the Minister of Health whether he has any figures as to the number of applications made to the county councils under the Rural Housing Act which have been refused by them?
§ Sir K. WOODUp to 3ls1 December last, the latest date for which information is available, 2,070 dwellings were included in applications made to county councils for assistance under the Housing (Rural Workers) Act, 1926, and in 577 cases assistance had been refused.