Mr. W. Joseph Stewartasked the Ministry of Health the amount of land that has been purchased by local authorities in the county of Durham for post-war housing schemes up to the most recent date and the average price paid per acre.
§ Mr. WillinkThe local authorities in the County of Durham are proposing to use for their immediate post-war housing schemes sites covering 1,403 acres which have been in their possession since before the war and sites covering 33o acres which they propose to acquire. Negotiations for purchase for the latter are now taking place, but no purchases have yet been completed, and it is therefore not possible at present to give any information as to price.