HC Deb 16 April 1958 vol 586 cc23-4W
Mr. Lewis

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether he is aware that in the third quarter of 1951 the average tender price of a three-bedroomed council house was £1,403, that the total cost of interest and repayment charges, assuming a loan raised over 60 years at the rate of interest charged by the Public Works Loan Board at the end of the relevant quarter was £3,033 12s. 0d., and that by the third quarter of 1957 the figures were £1,489 and £6,144 16s. 1d., respectively; and when he expects to publish the relevant figures for the fourth quarter of 1957 and the first quarter of 1958.

Mr. H. Brooke

Figures for the fourth quarter of 1957 should be available in a month or so, and for the first quarter of 1958 in the early autumn.

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