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Mr. Iain MacLeod
asked the Minister of Local Government and Planning how many houses and flats, respectively, qualifying for grant, were built within the administrative county of London by the London County Council and the Metropolitan boroughs, respectively, in each of the years 1930 to 1939, inclusive; and, in the case of the London County Council, how many such houses and flats were built on out-county estates.
Mr. Dalton
Following are the numbers of houses provided by the London County Council and the Metropolitan borough
| Year ended 31st March | London County Council | Metropolitan Borough Councils | |||||
| In County | Out County | ||||||
| Flats | Cottages | Cottages* | Cottages and Flats† | ||||
| 1930 | … | … | … | 693 | 693 | 1,401 | 751 |
| 1931 | … | … | … | 543 | 117 | 3,791 | 817 |
| 1932 | … | … | … | 1,384 | — | 4,483 | 1,041 |
| 1933 | … | … | … | 1,293 | — | 2,630 | 1,878 |
| 1934 | … | … | … | 884 | — | 2,212 | 1,806 |
| 1935 | … | … | … | 1,670 | — | 674 | 1,773‡ |
| 1936 | … | … | … | 2,643 | — | — | 1,866‡ |
| 1937 | … | … | … | 4,866 | 327 | — | 2,253‡ |
| 1938 | … | … | … | 3,146 | 53 | — | 2,186‡ |
| 1939 | … | … | … | 4,113 | 321 | 245 | 2,439‡ |
| Total | … | … | 21,235 | 1,511 | 15,436 | 16,810 | |
| * No flats were built by the London County Council on out county estates before the war. | |||||||
| † Cottages and flats erected by metropolitan borough councils cannot be distinguished. | |||||||
| ‡ The figures given from 1935 to 1939 for metropolitan borough councils include both assisted and unassisted housed. | |||||||