Mr. R. Duckworthasked the Minister of Health what urban local authorities are now actually Building new houses; and whether these receive any State subsidy.
§ Mr. WillinkOne urban local authority (Burnham-on-Crouch Urban District Council) is Building four of the war-time agricultural cottages which are subsidised, and, so far as returns have been received, 17 urban authorities are completing 280 unfinished houses to meet urgent housing needs in their district, most of them without subsidy.