asked the Minister of Labour, as representing the Ministry of Health, the actual costs, so far as they are available, of all the houses built under the Government's various housing schemes, and the average price paid for each house?

According to a return which has recently been furnished by local authorities who are carrying out housing schemes, the average all-in expenditure on houses for which contracts have been made will work out at, approximately, £1,090 a house. The final settlements of costs which have been made to date relate only to small schemes, covering only 11,000 houses. The average cost of building in these oases, exclusive of land development, professional fens and expenses, works out at £908 a house.