Written Answers
Housing (Welwyn Rural District)
asked the Minister of Health the total amount of housing loans and subsidies granted to the Welwyn Rural District Council, respectively, under the 1919, 1923, and 1924 Housing Acts; and how many houses have been completed, or authorised, under these Acts?
The following is the information desired by the hon. and Gallant Member:1.
Loans sanctioned for housing purposes to the Welwyn Rural District Council.
| £ | |
| (a) For purposes of Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919 | 54,544 |
| (b) For purposes of Housing, etc., Act, 1923 | 268,412 |
| (c) For purposes of Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1924 | Nil. |
| (d) For purposes of Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, 1899 | 53,613 |
| (e) Under Section 92 of the Housing Act, 1925 | 318,943 |
| Total | £695,512 |
2. Exchequer subsidies payable.
| (a) Under the Housing and Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919 (average for 60 years) | 1,240 |
| (b) Under the Housing, etc., Act, 1923 (average for 20 years) | 3,192 |
| (Excluding grants amounting to £4,000 per annum in respect of houses erected by Public Utility Societies referred to in the answer to the hon. and gallant Member's question of 16th November.) | |
| (c) Under the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1924 | Nil. |
3. Number of houses authorised for erection in the Welwyn Rural District.
| (a)Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919 | 270 |
| (b) Housing (Additional Powers) Act, 1919 | 19 |
| Date | Men. | Boys. | Women. | Girls. | Total. | ||
| 1st November | … | … | 1,480 | 110 | 173 | 99 | 1,862 |
| 8th November | … | … | 1,453 | 100 | 175 | 99 | 1,827 |
| 15th November | … | … | 1,496 | 96 | 197 | 95 | 1,884 |
| 22nd November | … | … | 1,477 | 97 | 199 | 96 | 1,869 |
| 29th November | … | … | 1,483 | 95 | 184 | 89 | 1,851 |
Unemployment
Devonport
asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons, specifying men, women, boys and girls, on the Devonport Employment Exchange during the month of November?
The following Table gives the number of persons on the registers of the Devonport Employment Exchange at the beginning of each week in November, 1926:to what amount, is derived by his Department in respect of the Buff Book authorised and supplied to London telephone subscribers?
The royalty payable covers the Post Office expenses incurred in supplying information and distributing the Buff Book, but does not provide any appreciable profit.
Great West Road (Beacon Lights)
asked the Minister of Transport if his attention has been drawn to the danger on the Great West Road, owing to the inefficiency of the beacon lights; and will he, with a view to public safety, consider the reinforcement of such beacons by green lights lower down?
Comments on these beacon lights have come to my notice, and I have referred the matter to the Middlesex County Council, who are responsible for the road in question.
Scotland
Eriboll Estate (Sale)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what action the Board of Agriculture took between Whit Sunday, 1923, and. Whit Sunday, 1926, with a view to the constitution of small holdings upon or to the disposal otherwise of the estate of Eriboll; and whether the Board considered at any time during the present year any scheme for the settlement of ex-service men other than the one which was refused by the latter in 1923?
The problem of dealing with Eriboll was continuously before the Board of Agriculture for Scotland during the period mentioned by the hon. and gallant Member and various proposals for sub-division of the farm were examined up to the time when the offer from the present purchaser was received.
Conon Lodge
asked the Secretary of. State for Scotland the purpose for which Conon Lodge and the lands, parks, and plantations adjoining were purchased?
The subjects referred to formed part of the estate of Kilmuir, which was purchased in 1904 by the Congested Districts Board mainly with the object, I understand, of utilising the farms on the estate, so far as they were suitable for the purpose, for extension of existing holdings and for new holdings.