§ Mr. R. Gibsonasked the Minister of Health how many dwellings built or allocated since 1918 and carrying State contributions or subsidies under any of the Housing Acts are on developed sites costing £1,500 to £4,000, £4,000 to £5,000, £5,000 to £6,000, £6,000 to £8,000, £8,000 762W to £10,000, £10,000 to £12,000, £12,000 to £14,000, and so on up to £28,000 to £30,000, and exceeding £30,000, respectively?
§ Sir K. WoodMy departmental records enable me to give this information only in respect of flats approved by me from the 1st January, 1936, to date for the abatement of overcrowding under the Housing Acts. The figures for these are as under:
Cost per acre. Number or flats approved. £1,500 to £4,000 1,589 £4,001 to £5,000 Nil £5,001 to £6,000 281 £6,001 to £8,000 200 £8,001 to £10,000 139 £10,001 to £16,000 Nil £16,001 to £18,000 22 £26,001 to £28,000 4 £28,001 upwards Nil Cost not yet known 1,651 As regards flats for the rehousing of persons displaced by slum clearance, I have approved about 25,000 of which about 22,000 were on sites costing £3,000 an acre or more.