Clause 23.—(EFFECT OF STANDARD GRANT ON LIMIT OF IMPROVEMENT GRANT.) (Hansard, 18 February 1959)

§ Mr. J. N. Browne

I beg to move, in page 13, line 40, at the beginning, to insert: (1) Where, at any time within three years after the making of a standard grant in respect of a dwelling, an application for an improvement grant is made in respect of that dwelling and the application contains a statement of the cost incurred in executing the works in respect of which the standard grant was made, subsection (4) of section one hundred and eleven of the Act of 1950 (which prevents such an application from being entertained unless the estimated amount of the relevant expenses is not less than one hundred pounds or such other amount as may be prescribed) shall have effect, in relation to that application (or, if the dwelling is not the only one to which the application relates, in relation to the application so far as it relates to the dwelling) as if the amount specified in or prescribed under that subsection were reduced by the cost incurred as aforesaid. The Amendment concerns a simple point. At present, no application for ordinary improvement grant can be entertained unless the total cost of the work is over £100. By the Amendment, if the work is done with standard grant aid, the cost of the work within three years can be treated as meeting this qualification in whole or in part.