§ 91. Mr. Marplesasked the Minister of Local Government and Planning what surveys have been made by his Department of the sizes of households in relation to the structure of the population; whether, as a result, he has made an estimate of the proportion of houses with one, two, or three bedrooms; and what recommendations have been made to the local authorities and the new town development corporation.
§ Mr. Dalton:I have advised local authorities and new town corporations to build a higher proportion of one and two-bedroomed houses. This advice is based on information from many sources, including studies made by my Department. I am sending the hon. Member a copy of a circular which I issued on 28th April last.
§ 92. Mr. Marplesasked the Minister of Local Government and Planning what is the proportion of one. two and three bedroom houses built by local authorities since 1945.
§ Mr. Dalton:For permanent houses completed between 1st April, 1945, and 31st March, 1951, the proportions are 5, 16 and 76 per cent., respectively; for permanent houses in approved tenders in March this year the figures are 8, 34 and 55 per cent.