HC Deb 28 November 1960 vol 631 c14W
68. Mr. Swingler

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs how many old people's bungalows have been constructed or are under construction; in what regions they are; and what is the present annual level of grants made by his Department towards this scheme.

Mr. H. Brooke

My records classify dwellings according to number of bedrooms only. Figures for one-bedroom dwellings, which are the type particularly suitable for old people, are set out in the table below.

One-bedroom houses built for slum clearance purposes attract a subsidy of £22 1s. a year for 60 years. Otherwise the subsidy is £10 a year. Higher amounts are payable for flats in blocks of four or more storeys.

since the war, of which 3,110 are houses and 7,916 flats. They have a further 1,941 under construction, of which 446 are houses and 1,495 flats.

I am unable to say how much subsidy is payable on these particular dwellings, because this depends on the date when and the purposes for which they were erected, and I do not possess this information in detail.

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