HC Deb 12 October 1944 vol 403 cc1948-9W
Mr. W. J. Brown

asked the Minister of Health if he will state, in respect of each region in England and Wales, the amount of land required by local authorities for their immediate post-war housing programme, excluding their requirements for temporary housing; how much of this land was in their possession at the time they submitted their programme; how much they thought it necessary to buy; and how much of this had been bought.

Mr. Willink

The following is the answer:

Mr. W. J. Brown

asked the Minister of Health if he will state, in respect of each region in England and Wales, the amount of land on which roads and sewers for local authority post-war housing programmes had been provided as a result of the special scheme announced at the beginning of the year.

Mr. Willink

Contracts have been approved and work has either started or is about to start on sites sufficient for the following numbers of houses:

Region Number of Houses
3 (Nottingham) 2,062
5 (London) 1,411
7 (Bristol) 1,067
9 (Birmingham) 1,644
10 (Manchester) 1,706
7,890

Other schemes which have reached an advanced stage cover sites for about 30,500 further houses.