HC Deb 31 March 1930 vol 237 cc899-900
51. Miss RATHBONE

asked the Minister of Health the total estimated cost, cost per house, and deficit per house incurred on the South-hill Road housing scheme and Melrose Road housing scheme carried out by the Liverpool Corporation?

Miss LAWRENCE

The South-hill Road and Melrose Road schemes are rehousing schemes to provide for displaced persons from the Burlington Street clearance area. Final accounts for these schemes have not been received, but the Liverpool Corporation have recently furnished estimates as follows:

South-hill Road rehousing site. Melrose Road rehousing site.
Total estimated cost. £131,653 £181,605
Estimated cost per tenement. £665 £698
Estimated deficit per tenement. £23 15s. £25 10s.