§ 3. Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local authorities applied for extra home loans finance for purchase of private houses and how many were refused them during the current financial year; and if he will name those authorities in both categories.
§ The Under-Secretary of State for the Environment (Mr. Paul Channon)Three hundred and nineteen authorities in 1315 England have applied for an additional allocation. It has been necessary to refuse 123. Sixty-five which asked for a second allocation have also had to be refused. I will, with permission, list the names in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Mr. AllaunI thank the Under-Secretary for that reply. Is it not a fact that some of these local authorities with the worst problems find their quotas exhausted very early in the year? Will the Minister help them, particularly as they provide houses for people when the building societies will, unfortunately, often not entertain them?
§ Mr. ChannonYes. I entirely agree with everything said by the hon. Gentleman. It is the greatest pity that his own Government reduced the amount so that only about a quarter—[Interruption.] It happens to be true. Hon. Gentlemen do not like it. It is the greatest pity that the Labour Government reduced the amount so that only about a quarter of the number of people who in 1964 got houses through local authority mortgage loans were able to do so in 1969.
§ Mr. BlenkinsopWhy does the hon. Gentleman's Department turn down the repeated application from South Shields where his party continuously complained of the late Government's cutting-down? Why does not his Department allow the application?
§ Mr. ChannonBecause, as the hon. Gentleman knows perfectly well, we are operating this year under the allocation set down by his Government. When we have a chance the hon. Gentleman will find the situation will be very different.
§ Following is the information:
| LOCAL AUTHORITIES WHICH HAVE RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION (196) | |
| County Borough Councils | |
| Birmingham | Manchester |
| Birkenhead | Northampton |
| Bolton | Oldham |
| Bradford | Portsmouth |
| Bristol | Rochdale |
| Burnley | St. Helens |
| Canterbury | Salford |
| Chester | Sheffield |
| Darlington | Southampton |
| Exeter | Southend-on-Sea |
| Gateshead | Stockport |
| Gloucester | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Grimsby | Sunderland |
| Huddersfield | Teesside |
| Kingston upon Hull | Torbay |
| Liverpool | Warley |
| Luton | York |
| London Borough Councils | |
| Barnet | Kensington and |
| Bromley | Chelsea |
| Croydon | Kingston upon Thames |
| Greenwich | Newham |
| Islington | Southwark |
| Wandsworth |
| Borough Councils | |
| Altrincham | Keighley |
| Andover | King's Lynn |
| Ashlon-under Lyne | Macclesfield |
| Barnstaple | Mansfield |
| Basingstoke | Nelson |
| Beccles | Penryn |
| Bedtord | Prestwich |
| Bodmin | Queenborough-in- |
| Chatham | Sheppey |
| Cheltenham | St. Albans |
| Chipping Norton | St. Ives (Hunts) |
| Cleethorpes | Sale |
| Crewe | Scunthorpe |
| Droitwich | Shrewsbury |
| Dunstable | Slough |
| Eastleigh | Spenborough |
| Fleetwood | Swinton and |
| Folkestone | Pendlebury |
| Glossop | Tamworth |
| Gosport | Tenterden |
| Gravesend | Thetford |
| Guildford | Truro |
| Haslingden | Watford |
| Heywood | Wisbech |
| Hyde |
| Urban District Councils | |
| Aireborough | Frimley and |
| Alfreton | Camberley |
| Alton | Golborne |
| Ampthill | Hazel Grove and |
| Arnold | Bramhall |
| Ashington | Herne Bay |
| Atherton | Hoddesdon |
| Audenshaw | Hougliton-le-Spring |
| Basildon | Hoyland Nether |
| Bedworth | Ilminster |
| Beeston and | Irlam |
| Kirkby | Stapleford |
| Bentley-with-Arksey | Knottingly |
| Bletchley | Leatherhead |
| Bollington | Longdendale |
| Brandon and | Marple |
| Newquay | Byshottles |
| Brentwood | Ramsbottom |
| Burgess Hill | Redditch |
| Bushey | St. Neots |
| Cannock | Sandy |
| Cheshunt | Sowerby Bridge |
| Chigwell | Stanley |
| Chorleywood | Sutton-in-Ashfield |
| Colne Valley | Swanscombe |
| Conisbrough | Thornton Cleveleys |
| Corby | Trowbridge |
| Crawley | Urmston |
| Cuckfield | Winsford |
| Dawley | Wirral |
| Dorking | Witham |
| Farnborough |
| Rural District Councils | |
| Abingdon | Belper |
| Barnard Castle | Bucklow |
| Basingstoke | Chailey |
| County Councils | |
| Kent | West Sussex |
| LOCAL AUTHORITIES WHICH HAVE BEEN REFUSED AN ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION (123) | |
| County Borough Councils | |
| Barrow-in-Furness | Solihull |
| Bolton | Southport |
| Bournemouth | South Shields |
| Coventry | Wallasey |
| Leeds | Walsall |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Warrington |
| Nottingham | Worcester |
| Rotherham |
| London Borough Councils | |
| Hackney | Sutton |
| Harrow |
| Borough Councils | |
| Bacup | Lymington |
| Beverley | Maidenhead |
| Calne | Mossley |
| Chelmsford | Newcastle-under |
| Clitheroe | Lyme |
| Crosby | Ossett |
| Darwen | Rye |
| Dukinfield | Taunton |
| Farnworth | Tewkesbury |
| Goole | Todmorden |
| Kendal | Truro |
| Lancaster | Weston Super Mare |
| Leigh | Winchester |
| Loughborough |
| Urban District Councils | |
| Benfleet | Crompton |
| Bishop Auckland | Cudworth |
| Braintree & Bocking | Denby Dale |
| Bredbury & Romily | Droylsden |
| Brightlingsea | Elland |
| Broadstairs & | Ely |
| St. Peters | Epping |
| Budleigh Salterton | Farnham |
| Burnham-on-Crouch | Felling |
| Consett | Felixstowe |
| Rural District Councils | |
| Barrow-upon-Soar | Howden |
| Bingham | Isle of Wight |
| Bridge Blean | Lichfield |
| Bromyard | Malling |
| Caistor | Mitford and |
| Camelford | Launditch |
| Chapel-en-le-Frith | Repton |
| Cranbrook | Rotherham |
| Deben | St. Austell |
| Derwent | Tenterden |
| Dorking and Horley | Wellington |
| Dover | West Ashford |
| East Kesteven | Wortley |
| Gipping | Yeovil |
| Hollingbourn |
| SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF AUTHORITIES WHICH RECEIVED ONE ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION BUT WERE REFUSED A SECOND (65) | |
| County Borough Councils | |
| Birkenhead | Manchester |
| Bradford | Northampton |
| Canterbury | St. Helens |
| Chester | Sheffield |
| Gateshead | Stockport |
| Huddersfield | Sunderland |
| Liverpool | Torbay |
| Luton |
| London Borough Councils | |
| Bromley | Kensington and |
| Islington | Chelsea |
| Borough Councils | |
| Andover | Macclesfield |
| Basingstoke | St. Ives |
| Cheltenham | Swinton and |
| Cleethorpes | Pendlebury |
| Eastleigh | Truro |
| Fleetwood | Wisbech |
| Gravesend |
| Urban District Councils | |
| Aireborough | Hazel Grove and |
| Audenshaw | Bramhall |
| Beeston and | Kirkby |
| Stapleford | Knottingley |
| Brandon and | Longdendale |
| Byshottles | Newquay |
| Dawley | Thornton Cleveleys |
| Farnborough | Trowbridge |
| Golbourne | Urmston |
| Winsford |
| Rural District Councils | |
| Belper | Maldon |
| Chanctonbury | Meriden |
| Chester | New Forest |
| Chester le Street | Pewsey |
| Depwade | Pocklington |
| Gloucester | Saint Ives |
| Leominster and Wigmore | Sedgefield |
| Tadcaster | |
| Liskeard | Wantage |
| Long Ashton | Wokingham |