§ Mr. Boydenasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will give the latest figures for slum clearance of the local authorities listed in Written Answer No. 51 of 22nd November, 1960; and if he will give the reasons for the slower clearance of those authorities whose pace of clearance is below the average.
§ Sir K. JosephThe list of authorities referred to by the hon. Member is 45W repeated below, with the addition of a further column giving the cumulative
Name of authority Houses estimated to be unfit in 1955 Houses cleared between 1st January, 1955 and 30th June, 1960 Houses cleared between 1st January, 1955 and 30th June, 1962 (1) (2) (3) Ashton-under-Lyne B. … … 1,950 328 719 Bacup B … … 2,400 218 365 Batley B … … 4,796 414 960 Bilston B. … … 1,798 734 892 Birmingham C.B. … … 50,250 6,219 10,342 Bishop Auckland U.D. … … 2,290 310 456 Bolton C.B. … … 5,500 1,336 2,134 Bootle C.B. … … 3,081 747 915 Bradford C.B. … … 11,148 3,077 5,768 Brighouse B. … … 1,440 230 413 Castleford B. … … 2,216 818 1,192 Chester C.B. … … 2,532 398 751 Colne Valley U.D. … … 1,153 138 198 Congleton B. … … 804 142 218 Coseley U.D. … … 2,040 517 818 Crook and Willington U.D. … … 2,000 347 428 Dukinfield B.C. … … 1,281 225 401 Ennerdale R.D. … … 1,898 279 508 Freebridge Lynn R.D. … … 1,421 66 89 Gateshead C.B. … … 4,023 1,233 1,653 Halifax C.B. … … 3,036 441 876 Hartlepool B. … … 1,384 531 819 Heywood B. … … 1,266 484 834 Hyde B. … … 1,689 525 745 Kerrier R.D. … … 2,000 83 207 Kidsgrove U.D. … … 1,438 320 470 Kingston-upon-Hull C.B. … … 14,768 1,388 2,654 Leeds C.B. … … 22,500 5,386 11,843 Liverpool C.B. … … 88,235 5,078 7,748 Manchester C.B. … … 68,000 7,028 9,587 Merthyr Tydfil C.B. … … 2,847 388 525 Morley B. … … 2,661 480 803 Oldham C.B. … … 11,169 1,285 1,846 Portsmouth C.B. … … 7,000 506 1,350 Preston C.B. … … 6,153 1,058 2,014 Rawtenstall B. … … 1,418 242 493 Rochdale C.B. … … 5,000 854 1,155 St. Helens C.B. … … 3,794 368 713 Salford C.B. … … 12,026 2,565 3,637 Sheffield C.B. … … 13,500 3,348 5,996 Spenborough B. … … 2,084 641 1,055 Stalybridge B. … … 1,949 316 633 Stockport C.B. … … 6,000 1,067 1,705 Stockton-on-Tees B. … … 3,075 1,199 1,841 Stoke-on-Trent C.B. … … 12,000 4,081 4,749 Tredegar U.D. … … 1,068 197 217 West Bromwich C.B. … … 4,000 1,159 2,294 Wolverhampton C.B. … … 5,600 2,351 3,528 Wrexham R.D. … … 2,646 500 909 York C.B. … … 4,381 727 1,324 TOTAL (50) … … 416,706 62,372 101,890 In the past two years nearly all these authorities have maintained or improved their previous average rates of slum clearance. The majority have been asked to review their proposals for the next five years and the difficulties revealed by this re-examination will be discussed individually with the authorities.
46Wtotals of houses cleared up to 30th June. 1962.