§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what is the number of houses in which baths, hot water and inside lavatories have been installed with standard improvement grants in the last 12 months to a convenient date; how many of these were houses owned by owner-occupiers and
STANDARD GRANTS: ENGLAND AND WALES Period Local authority dwellings* Private dwellings† Bath or showers Hot water supplies Water closets Bath or showers Hot water supplies Water closets 1962 … … 2,114 14,850 2,379 30,271 33,743 29,584 1963 … … 1,393 14,047 2,272 34,048 35,317 36,976 1964 … … 1,878 12,738 3,488 39,448 41,135 44,684 1965 … … 2,024 20,548 5,401 37,690 40,916 43,333 * Numbers in applications approved. † Numbers where works completed. It is not known how many of the dwellings in which these installations were made were owner-occupied or let. Of all standard grants to private owners in each of the four years 69 per cent., 70 per cent., 68 per cent. and 67 per cent. respectively were for owner-occupied houses.