HC Deb 15 April 1970 vol 799 cc254-7W
Mr. Tinn

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what estimate he has made of the average weekly increase in council house rents needed for existing dwellings, in shillings, on the basis that housing subsidies to the Teesside County Borough are abolished, excepting old people's accommodation; and what is the estimated increase needed to offset the subsidy on dwellings under construction at 1st January, 1970.

Mr. Greenwood

I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to my right hon. Friend the Member for Middlesbrough, East (Mr. Bottomley) on 25th March, 1970.—[Vol. 798, c.533–4.]

Mr. Tinn

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what estimate he has made of the average weekly increase in council house rents needed for existing dwellings, in shillings, on the basis that housing subsidies to the Saltburn Urban District Council are abolished, excepting old people's accommodation; and what is the estimated increase needed to offset the subsidy on dwellings under construction at 1st January, 1970.

Mr. Greenwood

In the light of information provided by the council I estimate that the cost to Saltburn Urban District 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 9s. 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If subsidies were withdrawn from dwellings under construction on 1st January, 1970, the cost might be equivalent to rent increases in the range 35s. to 45s. a week if applied only to the rents of those dwellings, or about 1s. a week if pooled over the whole of the authority's housing stock.

Mr. Tinn

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what estimate he has made of the average weekly increase in council house rents needed for existing dwellings, in shillings, on the basis that housing subsidies to the Loftus Urban District Council are abolished, excepting old people's accommodation; and what is the estimated increase needed to offset the subsidy on dwellings under construction at 1st January, 1970.

Mr. Greenwood

In the light of information provided by the council I estimate that the cost to Loftus Urban District Council of abolishing housing subsidies for existing dwellings except- ing old people's accommodation, would, in 1969–70, be equivalent to an average increase in council house rents of about 6s. a week in a 52 week rent year.

The council had no dwellings under construction on 1st January, 1970.

Mr. Tinn

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what estimate he has made of the average weekly increase in council house rents needed for existing dwellings, in shillings, on the basis that housing subsidies to the Skelton and Brotton Urban District Council are abolished, excepting old people's accommodation; and what is the estimated increase needed to offset the subsidy on dwellings under construction at 1st January, 1970.

Mr. Greenwood

In the light of information provided by the council I estimate that the cost to Skelton and Brotton Urban District 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 11s. 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 50s. to 65s. a week if applied only to the rents of those dwellings, or in the range 4s. to 6s. a week if pooled over the whole of the authority's housing stock.

Mr. Tinn

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what estimate he has made of the average weekly increase in council house rents needed for existing dwellings, in shillings, on the basis that housing subsidies to the Guisborough Urban District Council are abolished, excepting old people's accommodation; and what is the estimated increase needed to offset the subsidy on dwellings under construction at 1st January, 1970.

Mr. Greenwood

In the light of information provided by the council I estimate that the cost to Guisborough Urban District 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 9s. a week in a 52-week rent year.

The council had no dwellings under construction on 1st January, 1970.