§ 74. Mr. Kirbyasked the Minister of Health whether the Liverpool City Council has recently bought land in connection with the proposed new satellite town at Speke; if so, whether any part of the Hale estate is involved; what area is being acquired and at what price; and what is the value at which this land has been assessed for local taxation?
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health (Mr. Bernays)I understand that the city council have agreed to purchase an area of 351 acres, part of the Hale estate, at a price of £65 per acre: the land is at present agricultural and, therefore, derated.
§ 80. Mr. Kirbyasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether the Liverpool City Council has acquired land in Oak Lane and Dwerry-house Lane for elementary school purposes and the extension of Abbotsford Road council school; if so, what is the area, the price and the previous rateable value of this land; and what, if any, expense the council is incurring upon road making in addition to the cost of the land?
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education (Mr. Kenneth Lind-say)The board have approved the acquisition by the Liverpool local education authority for elementary school purposes of a site of 10.4 acres in Dwerryhouse Lane at a cost of £9,500, including £250 393 for legal charges. The board have no information as to the previous rateable value of this land. They have been informed that the authority are not likely to incur any road making charges in connection with this site; but it is under stood that part of the land will later be required for road widening and development. The board have not received any proposal to acquire land in connection with the approved extension of Abbots-ford Road council school.
§ Colonel WedgwoodIf the hon. Gentleman cannot supply the previous rateable value of the land, can he supply the value as assessed for Schedule A of the Income Tax?
§ Colonel WedgwoodWill the hon. Gentleman try to obtain that information?