§ 31. Mr. Sparksasked the Minister of Health if he will state to the nearest convenient date the amounts advanced to local authorities by way of annual Exchequer grants, for the purposes of Section 1 (1) of the Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1946, showing separately the general and special standard amounts and the amounts advanced under Parts II and III of the First Schedule to the Act, and in respect of how many completed houses and flats, in each category.
§ Mr. BevanOnly 20 of the authorities which had completed houses under the 1946 Act by 30th September had submitted applications for subsidy up to the 18th November, 1946. £3,584 has been advanced to eight local authorities in respect of 224 dwellings qualifying for the general standard amount and £184 to three of those local authorities in respect of eight dwellings qualifying for the special standard amount. Advances will be made to the remaining 12 authorities in time to enable them to meet loan charges. No applications have yet been received in respect of flats qualifying for the contributions set out in Part II and Part III of the First Schedule to the Act.