§ 87. Mr. Morleyasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what are the allocations of steel for Southampton for the first quarter of 1952, for the purpose of reconstruction of bombed areas; and what was the comparable figure for 1951.
§ Mr. MarplesAs my right hon. Friend has previously stated, it is not the practice
Town Houses completed Persons housed (approx.) Houses under construction Persons to be housed (approx.) Factories. Number of firms Building and civil engineering workers employed Advances £ million Completed Under construction (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) Aycliffe 403 1,310 468 1,520 — — 538 1.5 Basildon 135 380 479 1,560 1 2 777 1.0 Bracknell 41 120 137 450 — 1 247 0.3 Corby — — — — — — 78 0.1 Crawley 651 1,930 686 2,230 15 2 1,736 3.0 Cwmbran 2 10 249 810 — — 158 0.2 Harlow 724 2,320 1,203 3,910 7 12 2,014 3.5 Hatfield 66 190 333 1,080 — — 257 0.4 Hemel Hempstead 889 2,700 736 2,390 4(i) 4 1,624 3.8 Peterlee 235 860 356 1,170 — — 533 0.9 Stevenage 380 970 725 2,360 — — 1,658 2.5 Welwyn 140 300 430 1,400 4(ii) — 575 3.5 TOTALS 3,666 11,090 5,802 18,880 31 21 10,195 20.7 (i) Includes one adaptation. (ii) Includes two extensions. The figures in column (8) do not include workers employed on local authority housing, schools, G.P.O., gas and electricity projects.