§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many local authorities received loan sanction to build new houses by direct labour in 1971; how many schemes were involved; what was the total value of the work involved, and the number of houses; and what were the equivalent figures for 1970.
§ Mr. EyreThe information is as follows:
1970 1971* Number of authorities 54 57 Number of schemes 105 124 Number of houses involved 6,149 11,096 Total gross tender price £22,973,885 £41,595,807 * Provisional figures.
§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will indicate briefly in each case the reasons why he granted loan sanction for 14 local authority house building schemes to be built by direct labour in 1971, naming the local authority concerned and the scheme involved.
Authority Dwellings approved Consett Urban District 108 Felling Urban District 12 Chester-le-Street Rural District 10 Easington Rural District 3 Aycliffe New Town 222 Manchester County Borough 45 Manchester County Borough 184 Oldham Country borough 4 Newton-le-Willows Urban District 2 Bury St. Edmunds Borough 28 Colchester Borough 100 Shipley Urban District 29 Pewsey Rural District 5 Pewsey Rural District 4 Stoke-on-Trent County Borough 41 Aldridge and Brownhills Urban District 18 16 schemes, 14 authorities 815 * Details not available.