§ Mr. Graham Pageasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs to what extent the 38 local authorities in England and Wales with serious slum clearance problems have been able to achieve the proposed building programmes announced by him in May, 1963.
§ Sir K. JosephThe programmes announced by me in May, 1963, for the 38 slum clearance authorities involved building up to a rate of production which would average nearly 34,000 a year over a period of five years—a target double their average annual output at that time. Encouraging progress has been made in the first year. 33,373 houses were started in the year to 30th June, 1964, in the 38 towns, at which date 36,872 houses were under construction, compared with 26,279 at the end of May, 1963.