HC Deb 22 February 1940 vol 357 c1551W
Colonel Burton

asked the Minister of Health the number of houses commenced to be built since the outbreak of the present war?

Mr. Elliot

I am unable to give the information for which my hon. and gallant Friend asks, but since the beginning of the war I have approved, or indicated my willingness to approve, of the erection by local authorities, or by private enterprise with the aid of subsidy, of nearly 3,000 new houses.