§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the aggregate contribution of the central Government to the housing revenue account of the County Borough of Sheffield in each financial year from April 1961, including an estimate for the current year.
§ Mr. FreesonThe aggregate contribution to the housing revenue account of Sheffield County Borough Council since 1961–62 for the provision of and improvements to council dwellings is as follows
£ 1961–62 839,983 1962–63 877,546 1963–64 942,752 1964–65 1,092,398 1965–66 1,316,843 1966–67 1,477,939 1967–68 1,629,996 1968–69 1,772,002 1969–70 (estimate) 1,805,000
§ 4. Mr. Hooleyasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the capital expenditure of the County Borough of Sheffield in housing in each financial year from April, 1961, including an estimate for the current year, and the number of houses completed in each year.
§ Mr. FreesonThe information for the years 1961–62 to 1968–69 is as follows
COUNTY BOROUGH OF SHEFFIELD Capital expenditure on housing Numbers of houses completed £ 1961–62 3,910,985 1,336 1962–63 4,405,056 853 1963–64 6,433,225 2,088 1964–65 8,866.205 2,473 1965–66 9,068,474 3,444 1966–67 8,202,127 2,291 1967–68 9,640,283 2,020 1968–69 8,096,300 1,678 1,206 houses were completed during the current financial year up to the end of September, when a total of 3,576 houses were under construction. I am not in a position to say how many of these will be completed by the end of the financial year or what the total capital expenditure for the year will be. Capital payments for the first six months of the financial year, however, amounted to £4,232,090.
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