HC Deb 19 April 1939 vol 346 c459

Increases in existing grants,

1. Increases in the grants under the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1938, ascribable to an increase of two pounds in each annual contribution payable under Section one of that Act in respect of any flat provided in blocks of flats within the meaning of that Act in which air-raid shelter is provided.

2. Increases in the grants under the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act, 1938, ascribable to the substitution, in relation to houses provided in tenements within the meaning of that Act in which air-raid shelter is provided, in Sub-section (2) of Section one, of the sums of twelve pounds thirteen shillings, thirteen pounds eighteen shillings, and fifteen pounds three shillings for the sums of ten pounds ten shillings, eleven pounds fifteen shillings and thirteen pounds, respectively.

3. Increases in the grants under the Air- Raid Precautions Act, 1937, ascribable to a provision that expenses of a local authority in making an underground parking place provided by them suitable for use as an air raid shelter can be treated as expenditure ranking for grant under that Act.

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