Mr. R. Duckworthasked the Minister of Health whether he will state the aggregate amounts which have been granted in each of the 50 large towns of this Country, where slum-clearance operations have been carried out, in respect of compensation to dispossessed shopkeepers and in respect of payment for well-maintained houses, respectively; and whether he can give the names of the towns in each case?
§ Mr. BernaysThe following table shows the desired information, so far as it is available:— 1597W
Slum Clearance Schemes. Name of Town. Allowances granted up to 31st March, 1937, to dispossessed shopkeepers. Payments made up. to 31st March, 1937, in respect of well-maintained houses. £ £ London Administrative County … … 21,236 2,616 Birmingham County Borough … … 16,927 — Liverpool County Borough … … 10,425 1,097 Manchester County Borough … … 12,935 — Sheffield County Borough … … 8,270 — Leeds County Borough … … 532 — Bristol County Borough … … 1,551 59 Kingston-upon-Hull County Borough … … 492 293 Bradford County Borough … … 20 — West Ham County Borough … … 87 — Newcastle-upon-Tyne County Borough … … 5,370 517 Stoke on Trent County Borough … … 10 334 Nottingham County Borough … … 2,879 — Portsmouth County Borough … … 504 30 Leicester County Borough … … 4,074 — Croydon County Borough … … 245 75 Cardiff County Borough … … 10 — Salford County Borough … … 1,845 — Plymouth County Borough … … 200 — Sunderland County Borough … … 1,168 — Willesden Borough … … 43 — Bolton County Borough … … 110 — Southampton County Borough … … 301 128 Coventry County Borough … … 497 — Swansea County Borough … … — — Tottenham Borough … … 530 — Birkenhead County Borough … … 941 — Brighton County Borough … … 1,628 137 East Ham County Borough … … — — Derby County Borough … … 130 — Oldham County Borough … … 190 — Middlesbrough County Borough … … 25 — Wolverhampton County Borough … … 1,252 — Walthamstow Borough … … 105 — Leyton Borough … … — — Norwich County Borough … … 1,174 63 Stockport County Borough … … 359 42 Blackburn County Borough … … — — Gateshead County Borough … … — 63 Southend on Sea County Borough … … — — Preston County Borough … … 35 — Ealing Borough … … — — Hendon Borough … … — — South Shields County Borough … … — 41 St. Helens County Borough … … 15 — Walsall County Borough … … 393 — Blackpool County Borough … … — — Burnley County Borough … … 191 — Halifax County Borough … … 165 — Wallasey County Borough … … 50 — Total … … 96,914 5,495