§ Captain BULLOCKasked the Minister of Health the number of local authorities who have taken advantage of Part III of the Housing, etc., Act, 1923, amending the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act; what are their names and the total number of houses in each case affected; and whether the policy of the Ministry is to stimulate all local authorities to take further or similar action along the same lines?
§ Mr. WHEATLEYSince the passing of the Housing, Etc., Act, 1923, loans have been sanctioned under the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act to 80 local authorities, to a total of £836,989. A list of these authorities is given below. Information is not available as to the number of houses in respect of which local authorities have advanced money under the Act. With regard to the last part of the question, my predecessor issued a circular letter to local authorities on the 17th ultimo urging upon them the importance of making the fullest possible use of their powers under the Act; and I shall be glad to give sympathetic consideration to any proposals of this kind made by local authorities.
The following is the list of authorities:—
Abersychan Urban District Council.
Aldershot Town Council.
Ashford Urban District Council.
Barking Urban District Council.
Barnet Urban District Council.
Barry Urban District Council.
Beckenham Urban District Council.
Beddington and Wallington Urban District Council.
Biggleswade Urban District Council.
Blaenavon Urban District Council.
Bognor Urban District Council.
Bolton County Borough Council.
Brentford Urban District Council.
Caerphilly Urban District Council.
Cardiff County Borough Council.
Cardiff Rural District Council.
Carlton Urban District Council.
Carmarthenshire County Council.
Carshalton Urban District Council.
Chepping Wycombe Town Council.
1791WCleethorpes Urban District Council.
Crewe Town Council.
Denbigh County Council.
Ealing Town Council.
East Barnet Valley Urban District Council.
East Ham County Borough Council.
Easthampstead Rural District Council.
Ellesmere Port and Whitby Urban District Council.
Enfield Urban District Council.
Epsom Rural District Council.
Esher and the Ditton Urban District Council.
Evesham Town Council.
Farnworth Urban District Council.
Finchley Urban District Council.
Gillingham Town Council.
Gravesend Town Council.
Guildford Town Council.
Hatfield Rural District Council.
Hemsworth Rural District Council.
Heston and Isleworth Urban District Council.
Hitchin Rural District Council.
Hornsey Town Council.
Ilford Urban District Council.
Letchworth Urban District Council.
Leyton Urban District Council.
Little Lever Urban District Council.
Llanelly Town Council.
Llantrisant and Llantwitfadre Rural District Council.
Loughton Urban District Council.
Maidens and Coombe Urban District Council.
Mitcham Urban District Council.
Morpeth Town Council.
Neath Town Council.
Northfleet Urban District Council.
Ogmore and Garn Urban District Council.
Oswaldtwistle Urban District Council.
Panteg Urban District Council.
Pontypool Urban District Council.
Preston County Borough Council.
Rawtenstall Town Council.
Richmond Town Council.
Ruislip - Northwood Urban District Council.
Southgate Urban District Council.
South Mimms Urban District Council.
Southall-Norwood Urban District Council.
Stretford Urban District Council.
Southport County Borough Council.
Sutton Urban District Council.
Swansea County Borough Council.
Swansea Rural District Council.
Swindon Town Council.
1792WTonbridge Urban District Council.
Twickenham Urban District Council.
Wallasey County Borough Council.
Walton-le-Dale Urban District Council.
West Ham County Borough Council.
Willesden Urban District Council.
Wood Green Urban District Council.
Watford Town Council.
Wirral Rural District Council.