§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Minister of Works if he will set out in tabular form the amounts allowed to be spent in London on repairs and new buildings, 112W respectively; on hotels and offices for each year since 1945; the amount sanctioned for 1951; and the same figures for the whole country.
§ Mr. StokesSeparate statistics for amounts allowed to be spent on repairs and new buildings respectively are available only from 1947, and for work licensed by my Department. They are as follows:
Amount licensed in £ millions Date London Region Great Britain All New Work Ah Repairs All New Work All Repairs 1947 18.5 73.2 141.1 206.1 1948 15.7 69.7 151.3 181.6 1949 45.4 58.5 241.8 124.3 1950 (Jan.-Oct.). 33.2 39.2 184.1 8.2 The values of licences issued for work of all kinds to hotels in the London Region for 1947 onwards are:
£ 1947 542,000 1948 730,000 1949 854,000 1950 (Jan.-March) 180,000 There are no corresponding statistics available for Great Britain. The values of licences issued for work of all kinds to offices for 1947 onwards were as follows:
£ millions Date London Region Great Britain 1947 5.9 8.1 1948 8.9 12.6 1949 14.5 18.6 1950 (Jan.-Oct.). 10.4 16.3 I cannot give details of the amounts likely to be licensed in 1951, since I cannot foresee the numbers and character of the applications likely to be made.