WJEC History DWR Practice Test

The question tests understanding of the scale of postwar housing using former army camps. Official records show that 563 camps were opened to the public as temporary homes, a figure that shows how widespread the program was as the country faced a severe housing shortage after the war. Converting surplus camps into family accommodation allowed returning service personnel and civilians to find shelter quickly while permanent council housing could be built, illustrating the government’s rapid, large-scale use of existing military sites for civilian needs. The size of this total—over five hundred camps—captures how extensive and urgent the housing response was in that period. Other rounded or larger figures aren’t supported by the archival total, so the 563 camps reflects the documented extent of the program.