asked the Minister of Works (1) the value of building licences granted to the City of Liverpool, for industrial purposes, education schemes, health services, including hospitals, and housing, separately for the years 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51;(2) what was the value of the buildings licences granted for the City of Liverpool for the years 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50 and 1950–51.

I regret that statistics of licences are not kept separately for individual cities.

asked the Minister of Works what was the nature of the work for which the bigger building licences granted in Fife in the last year were given.

The largest building licences were given for factories and industrial premises.