Private Street Works

HC Deb 29 March 1955 vol 539 c15W

79. Mr. Swingler

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will set up a Departmental committee to inquire into the operation of the Private Street Works Act, 1892, with particular reference to the advisability of introducing a system of grants to local authorities to assist them to contribute to the cost of such works.

Mr. Sandys

No.

80. Mr. Swingler

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what expenditure he authorised under the Private Street Works Act, 1892, in the year 1954; and what proportion of this expenditure was borne by local authorities.

Mr. Sandys

In 1954 my predecessor and I authorised private street works in England and Wales amounting in value to £2,215,000. This is not a complete figure, as, since the revocation of the relevant Defence Regulation, I only know what a local authority intends to spend on private street works if it comes to me for loan sanction. I have no record showing what proportion of the authorised expenditure was borne by local authorities.