§ Mr. Thorneasked the Minister of Health how many overcrowded families are living in the Paddington Council area; how many houses have been built by the council and by private builders during the past five years; and how many working-class houses have been pulled down to make room for highly-rented flats?
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§ Mr. BernaysAbout 2,000 families in Paddington are living in overcrowded conditions and the provision of housing accommodation for the abatement of this overcrowding is in the hands of the London County Council as part of the general problem of London overcrowding. The borough council have in the past five years built 66 dwellings in the borough and private enterprise has built about 1,370. My right hon. Friend regrets that he has no information relating to the last part of the question.