§ Mr. De Chairasked the Minister of Health how many plans for housing in
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Area. Applications made to the local Authorities. Applications refused by the local authorities. Applications with-drawn by the applicants. England and Wales … … 6,901 680 689 County of Norfolk … … 318 21 39 South-West Norfolk … … 80 11 17 rural districts have been approved by his Department since the general election of 1935 for the whole country, for Norfolk, and for South-West Norfolk, respectively; and how many applications for grants under the slum-clearance and overcrowding provisions have been rejected by his Department during the same period?
§ Sir K. WoodSince the 30th of November, 1935, I have approved the building by rural district councils of 23,223 houses, The numbers approved for Norfolk as a whole and South-West Norfolk are respectively 983 and 200. During the same period no applications for grants have been rejected by me in respect of houses in Norfolk, but applications for grants in respect of houses intended to abate overcrowding were rejected in the case of 259 houses in other parts of the country.