§ Mr. Boydenasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what was the total subsidy paid to the Bishop Auckland Urban District Council for new council houses in 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969, respectively; and what was the rate of subsidy per house.
§ Mr. Freeson:The housing subsidy payments made to the Bishop Auckland Urban District Council in respect of housing provided by it under the Housing Acts have been as follows:
£ 1960–61 … … … 36,201 1961–62 … … … 37,202 1962–63 … … … 38,397 1963–64 … … … 39,788 1964–65 … … … 41,984 1965–66 … … … 37,399 1966–67 … … … 40,391 1967–68 … … … 64,978 1968–69 … … … 82,254 1969–70 … … … 116,512 Information on the average rate of subsidy per house is not readily available.
§ Mr. Boydenasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what was the total subsidy paid to the Sheldon Urban District Council for new council houses in 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969, respectively; and what was the rate of subsidy per house.
§ Mr. Freeson:The housing subsidy payments made to the Shildon Urban District Council in respect of housing provided by it under the Housing Acts have been as follows:
£ 1960–61 … … … 23,200 1961–62 … … … 23,015 1962–63 … … … 23,571 1963–64 … … … 27,592 1964–65 … … … 22,172 1965–66 … … … 29,523 1966–67 … … … 31,004 1967–68 … … … 34,286 1968–69 … … … 36,834 1969–70 … … … 45,473 Information on the average rate of subsidy per house is not readily available.
§ Mr. Boydenasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what was the total subsidy paid to the Barnard Castle Rural District Council for new council houses in 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 610W 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969, respectively; and what was the rate of subsidy per house.
§ Mr. Freeson:The housing subsidy payments made to the Barnard Castle R.D.C. in respect of housing provided by it under the Housing Acts have been as follows:
£ 1960–61 … … … 19,231 1961–62 … … … 19,508 1962–63 … … … 19,143 1963–64 … … … 19,998 1964–65 … … … 21,119 1965–66 … … … 20,517 1966–67 … … … 21,144 1967–68 … … … 20,748 1968–69 … … … 22,939 1969–70 … … … 23,165 Information on the average rate or subsidy per house is not readily available.
§ Mr. Fauldsasked 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 basis that housing subsidies to Warley Borough 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. Greenwood:In the light of information provided by the council I estimate that the cost to Warley County Borough Council of abolishing housing subsidies for existing dwellings, excepting old people's accommodation, would, in 1969–70 have been equivalent to an average increase in council house rents of about 13s. 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 of 65s. to 85s. a week if applied only to the rents of those dwellings, or in the range 5s. to 6s. a week if pooled over the whole of the authority's housing stock.