HC Deb 09 April 1900 vol 81 cc1513-4

Returns ordered, "showing, (1) in respect of the local authorities in England and Wales who have carried out or are carrying out improvement or reconstruction schemes under Parts I. and II. of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, the size of the area included in each scheme; the number of persons of the working classes who were resident on such area at the date of making the scheme, and the number provided for or to be provided for under the scheme; the nature of the accommodation provided; the amount authorised to be borrowed, and the amount actually borrowed for the purpose of the scheme; the rate of interest thereon; the periods allowed for repayment; the amount of loans outstanding on the 31st March, 1900; the estimated or actual expenditure under the scheme in respect of (a) land, (b) buildings; the income from rents or other sources during the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1900, and the expenditure (other than that defrayed out of borrowed money) during the year in respect of the scheme, the amount expended in repayment of the loans and interest thereon being distinguished; and (2) the names of the local authorities in England and Wales who have adopted Part III. of the Act and as regards each of those authorities who have provided or are providing lodging houses for the working classes under that part of the Act, the number of lodging houses acquired, erected, or being erected, the number of persons provided for or to be provided for, the amount authorised to be borrowed for the purpose of the purchase of land or the acquisition or erection of lodging houses and the amount actually borrowed, the rate of interest thereon, the periods allowed for repayment, the amount of loans outstanding on the 31st day of March, 1900; the estimated or actual cost of (a) land, (b) buildings; the income from rents or other sources during the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1900; and the expenditure (other than that out of borrowed money) during the year, the amount expended in repayment of loans and interest thereon being distinguished."—(Mr. Hazell.)