§ Mr. McSHANEasked the Minister of Health, in respect of the years 1922 to 1930, the number of houses built by the Walsall County Borough: the amount of subsidy paid from the local rates; the rate per £ levied each year in regard to such houses; the rate per £ of the local subsidy; the amount received in rates from such houses; and the total cost of the social services in 1922 and 1930?
§ Mr. GREENWOODThe following statement gives the information desired so far as it is available.
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Year. Number of houses provided in the County Borough. Balance of expenditure on housing not met out of Government Grants or specific receipts. Rate in the pound levied respect of housing as shown in Demand Notes. Amount in Column 4 expressed as a rate in the pound. Amount of rates received from the occupiers of the houses shown in Column 2. By the Town Council. By Private Enterprise with State Assistance. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. £ d. d. £ 1921–22 141 70 1,279 * 1.0 * 1922–23 64 — 1,369 * 1.1 * 1923–24 39 13 1,350 1.00 1.1 * 1924–25 57 84 1,678 1.24 1.3 * 1925–26 406 89 2,515 2.66 1.9 * 1926–27 289 91 8,371 * 6.0 * 1927–28 651 98 12,030 * 8.6 11,894 1928–29 454 27 15,873 * 11.1 18,741 1929–30 514 42 15,428 9.70 9.1 19,880 * Particulars not available. Details of the receipts and expenditure in respect of every service administered by the Town Council for each year from 1919–20 to 1927–28 (except 1921–22) are shown in Part II of the Local Taxation Returns for those years. Part II of the Returns for 1928–29 is now in the press.