§ 9. Mr. Prenticeasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what was the amount of housing subsidy given in the last year for which figures are available to the Greater London Council.
§ Mr. FreesonAbout £8,100,000 in 1969–70.
§ 12. Mr. Roebuckasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what was the amount of housing subsidy given in the last year for which figures are available to the London Borough of Harrow.
§ Mr. FreesonAbout £123,000 in 1969–70.
§ Mr. Symondsasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what is his estimate of the average weekly increase in council house rents needed for existing dwellings, in shillings, on the 39W basis that housing subsidies to Whitehaven Council are abolished, excepting old people's accommodation; and what is the estimated weekly increase needed to offset the subsidy on dwellings under construction at 1st January, 1970.
§ Mr. Denis HowellIn the light of information provided by the council I estimate that the cost to Whitehaven Council of abolishing housing subsidies for existing dwellings, excepting old people's accommodation, would in 1969–70, be equivalent to an average increase in council house rents of about 7s. a week in a 52-week rent year.
If subsidies were withdrawn from dwellings under construction on 1st January, 1970, the cost might be equivalent to rent increases in the range 45s. to 65s. a week if applied only to the rents of those dwellings, or in the range 2s. to 4s. a week if pooled over the whole of the authority's housing stock.