§ 58. Mr. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the total additional annual charge to be met in rent or rates due to changes in costs, interest rates, and subsidies in respect of the average authorised four-apartment house presently being built by local authorities, as compared with a similar house in 1951.
§ Mr. MaclayThe addition is about £50. But any such arithmetical comparison is misleading since the local 141W authorities have a large pool of Exchequer subsidies which they can spread over their houses in accordance with their rent policy.