HC Deb 26 July 1960 vol 627 c119W
70. Mr. Wainwright

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what was the average space in square feet of the houses built on behalf of local authorities for the years 1947, 1948, 1949, 1957, 1958 and 1959, respectively.

Mr. H. Brooke

Comparative figures are available for three-bedroomed houses only. They are:—

1947 1,046 square feet
1948 1,053 square feet
1949 1,055 square feet
1957 908 square feet
1958 903 square feet
1959 897 square feet

Mr. Frank Allaun

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs how many county boroughs and how many other local authorities, respectively, are not now building council houses.

Mr. H. Brooke

At 31st March, out of 1,469 housing authorities, one county borough and 298 other authorities had no houses either under construction or in approved tenders. In nearly all of these areas, however, private building was in progress.

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