§ Mr. Iain MacLeodasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government how many residential properties are held on requisition by each metropolitan borough council; and the cost to the Exchequer of these properties in the latest convenient year.
§ Mr. H. MacmillanThe information requested has been collated from returns received from the local authorities and is as follows:
Metropolitan Borough Council Number of properties held on requisition at 31st December, 1951 Estimated net cost to the Exchequer during the 12 months ended 31st December, 1951 £ City of London 31 2,699 Battersea 1,923 67,389 Bermondsey 246 13,130 Bethnal Green 370 22,836 Camberwell 3,151 139,714 Chelsea 588 153,474 Deptford 1,444 54,152 Finsbury 473 24,658 Fulham 957 109,402 Greenwich 1,015 65,899 Hackney 1,962 140,866 Hammersmith 961 40,028 Hampstead 471 76,262 Holborn 539 73,293 Islington 1,436 94,104 Kensington 930 134,362 Lambeth 2,571 161,644 Lewisham 2,660 154,503 Paddington 808 280,958 Poplar 973 48,138 St. Marylebone 593 90,650 St. Pancras 892 85,843 Shoreditch 760 68,470 Southwark 810 12,726 Stepney 1,863 116,438 Stoke Newington 680 73,978 Wandsworth 6,637 305,756 Westminster 873 260,409 Woolwich 802 39,972 TOTALS 37,419 2,911,753