§ Mr. Prescottasked the Minister of Works what, since 1945, to the most recent convenient date, is the total figure, respectively, for licences issued for industrial, 97W office and housing development; and if he will divide such figures to show what were attributable to development on war damaged sites.
§ Mr. StokesThe value of licences issued for new industrial building, new offices and new housing since 1945, is not available, but for the period March, 1947, to May, 1950, inclusive the figures were:
New industrial work£338 million.
New offices£25 million.
New private housing£15 million.
In addition to the £115 million of new housing work licensed, it is estimated that approvals for new housing work to be carried out by local authorities and Government Departments amounted to about £650 million in the same period. The proportions of this work attributable to development on war damage sites is not known.