§ Major Legge-Bourkeasked the Minister of Health how many villages in England are without any piped water supply; how many are to have such supply under schemes already submitted to him for approval; and how many such schemes have been submitted since 1945, how many approved, how many begun and how many completed.
§ Mr. BevanMy records relate to parishes and not villages. In 1943, 2,914 parishes in England had no piped water supply. Since the end of the war until 28th February, 1949, 2,373 schemes have been submitted to me designed to serve 5,911 parishes in part or in whole. Of these 1,992 have been approved and 1,740 have begun. Figures are not available of the number of schemes completed.