§ Colonel Ropnerasked the Minister of Health how many rural houses in the West Riding of Yorkshire have been condemned as unfit for human habitation; and how many have been demolished during the years 1937 and 1938?
§ Mr. ElliotI am unable to state the number of houses condemned, but the numbers demolished in the rural districts concerned are 497 and 426 respectively.
§ Colonel Ropnerasked the Minister of Health how many rural houses in the West Riding of Yorkshire have been reconditioned during the years 1937 and 1938?
§ Mr. ElliotThe numbers of houses reconditioned under the Housing (Rural Workers) Acts in the years 1937 and 1938 are 37 and 46 respectively. 953 houses during 1937 and 801 houses during 1938 were made fit as the result of action taken by the rural district councils under the Housing Act, 1936.