§ Miss Quennellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many 91W housing conversions and improvement applications were approved for grants in the years 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971, both for private persons and council, in the Petersfield constituency; and how much
HOUSE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS(ALL TYPES) APPROVED IN PETERSFIELD CONSTITUENCY For local authorities For Private owners and housing associations Number of dwellings Estimated cost to be met by central Government (£ thousands) Number of dwellings Estimated cost to be met by central Government (£ thousands) 1968 … … — — 177 32.6 1969 … … 13 5.5 121 21.7 1970 … … 2 1.2 225 68.8 1971 … … 9 … 286 … NOTE: The figures of costs for 1971 are not yet available.
§ Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many houses, private and public, respectively, are under construction in each of the 32 London boroughs.
§ Mr. EyreThe numbers of dwellings under construction at the end of March for private owners, the London boroughs and "other public sector" appear in Local Housing Statistics No. 22, a copy of which is in the Library. The distribution of the 14,947 dwellings being built for the GLC and for housing associations assisted by the GLC is as follows:
Barnet 1,535 Bexley 1,239 Camden 56 Greenwhich 1,515 Hackney 895 Harrow 111 Havering 204 Hounslow 434 Islington 1,085 Kensington and Chelsea 322 Kingston-upon-Thames 6 Lambeth 1,367 Lewisham 412 Merton 20 Redbridge 198 Southwark 182 Sutton 419 Tower Hamlets 2,194 Wandsworth 464 Westminster 71 Areas outside Greater London 2,218