HC Deb 05 May 1931 vol 252 cc215-6W
Sir K. VAUGHAN-MORGAN

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the houses built and the number on which work is still in progress in agricultural parishes in the counties of Berkshire, Oxfordshire, and Gloucestershire, respectively, between 1st October, 1930 and 31st March, 1931, by local authorities and by private enterprise under State-aided schemes and also without State assistance?

Mr. GREENWOOD

Statistics of the number of houses built in agricultural parishes without State assistance are not available. The other information desired is contained in the following table.

amount of the payment to local authorities in England and Wales for the year ending 31st March, 1931, on account of loss of rates by derating?

Mr. GREENWOOD

The amount included, in respect of loss of rate income caused by derating, in the new consolidated Exchequer gram payable under the Local Government Act, 1929, as from 1st April, 1930, is, according to the latest estimate, £22,423,000 in England and Wales. Final figures will not be available until certain derating appeals have been decided by the Courts.