§ Mr. Skeetasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will state the total amount of money borrowed by the Willesden Borough Council for each of the past 10 years for which loan sanction was required, stating in detail in reference to the last three years the purposes for which the money was required.
§ Mr. CorfieldThe figures* are as follows:
Year £ 1953–54 261,770 1954–55 300,612 1955–56 695,650 1956–57 382,516 1957–58 368,932 1958–59 980,097 1959–60 1,331,787 1960–61 1,575,412 1961–62 1,971,773 1962–63 1,569,822 *Source: Epitomes of accounts. In the last three financial years, the purposes for which the money was required were public libraries, museums and art galleries; public health; housing; town and country planning; highways; public lighting; burial grounds, cemeteries and crematoria; and miscellaneous.