§ Mr. Sydney Chapmanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how much money has been spent on general improvement areas by local authorities each year since 1969; and what proportion of this was contributed by central Government.
§ Mr. ChannonThe final cost of environmental improvement work completed in general improvement areas by local authorities in England and Wales was £86,700 in 1970, £291,000 in 1971 and £571,900 in the first nine months of 1972. The annual 39W contribution by central Government, under Section 37 of Housing Act 1969, is based on 50 per cent. (75 per cent. in assisted areas under Housing Act 1971) of the approved expenditure which is limited to £200 per dwelling in the general improvement area (£100 before 28th April 1972).
§ Mr. Sydney Chapmanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many general improvement areas have been declared in each year since 1969; and in which local authorities.
§ Mr. ChannonTwenty-four general improvement areas were declared in England in 1969, 96 in 1970, 164 in 1971 and 189 (provisional) during 1972. The local authorities concerned are as follows:
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Accrington BC Cannock RDC Aireborough UDC Carlton UDC Aldershot BC Chatham BC Aldridge-Brownhills UDC Cheadle & Gatley UDC Alfreton UDC Chelmsford BC Alnwick UDC Chesterfield BC Alston with Garrigill RDC Chesterfield RDC Chippenham BC Appleby BC Chorley BC Ashington UDC Christchurch BC Atherstone RDC Cirencester UDC Atherton UDC Clay Cross UDC Audenshaw UDC Clitheroe BC Baildon UDC Clowne RDC Barnstaple BC Colne BC Barrow in Furness CBC Coventry CBC Crompton UDC Basford RDC Crook & Wellington UDC Bath CBC Batley BC Darlington CBC Bebington MB Darwen BC Bedford BC Dawley UDC Bedworth UDC Derby CBC Berwick on Tweed BC Derwent RDC Desborough UDC Bingley UDC Doncaster CBC Birkenhead CBC Dare & Bredwardine RDC Birmingham CBC Bishop Auckland UDC Dorking UDC Droitwich BC Blackburn CBC Droylesden UDC Blackburn RDC Earby UDC Blaydon UDC Eastbourne CBC Blyth BC East Kesteven RDC Bolsover UDC Ellesmere Port BC Boston BC Evesham BC Bournemouth CBC Evesham RDC Bradford CBC Exeter CBC Brighouse BC Farnborough UDC Brighton CBC Felling UDC Bristol CBC Flaxton RDC Bullingdon RDC Folkestone BC Burnley CBC Gainsborough UDC Bury CBC Gateshead CBC Cambridge BC Gillingham BC 41W
Gloucester CBC Preston CBC Gosport BC Preston RDC Great Harwood UDC Prestwich BC Grimsby CBC Prudhoe UDC Grimsby RDC Rawmarsh UDC Guildford BC Rawtenstall BC Guisborough UDC Reading CBC Halesowen BC Redditch UDC Halifax CBC Ripley UDC Hartlepool CBC Rochdale CBC Hastings CBC Rotherham CBC Heanor UDC Rotherham RDC Hebburn UDC Rothwell UDC Hebden Royd UDC Royton UDC Hemel Hempstead BC Rugby BC Hemsworth RDC Rugeley UDC Hereford BC Runcorn UDC Hetton UDC St. Helens CBC Heywood BC Scunthorpe BC Hinckley UDC Seaton Valley UDC Holsworthy RDC Sheffield CBC Huddersfield CBC Shildon UDC Huntingdon & Godmanchester BC Shrewsbury BC Sittingbourne & Milton UDC Irlam UDC Irthlingborough UDC Skelmersdale & Holland UDC Keighley BC Kempston UDC Sleaford UDC Kettering BC Southampton CBC Kingston upon Hull CBC Sowerby Bridge UDC Spenborough BC Kirkby UDC Spennymoor UDC Lancaster BC Stafford BC Leamington Spa BC Stanley UDC Leeds CBC Staveley UDC Leicester CBC Stockport CBC Leigh BC Stockton RDC Lincoln CBC Stoke on Trent CBC Litherland UDC Stourbridge BC Liverpool CBC Stretford BC Longbenton UDC Sunderland CBC Longdendale UDC Sutton in Ashfield UDC Loughborough BC Luton CBC Swadlincote UDC Lymington BC Swindon BC Maltby UDC Swinton UDC Manchester CBC Tamworth BC Mansfield BC Teesside CBC Maryport UDC Thetford BC Matlock UDC Thirsk RDC Newark BC Thurrock UDC Newbiggin by the Sea UDC Todmorden BC Torbay CBC Newcastle-upon-Tyne CBC Trowbridge UDC Truro BC New Forest RDC Tunbridge Wells BC Newton Abbot UDC Tyldesley UDC Nelson BC Tynemouth CBC Normanton UDC Wallingford BC Northallerton UDC Wallsend BC Northampton CBC Walsall CBC Northfleet UDC Walsingham RDC Norton RDC Warley CBC Norwich CBC Warrington CBC Nottingham CBC Washington UDC Oldham CBC Wells RDC Oswestry RDC West Bridgford UDC Penistone RDC West Bromwich CBC Peterborough BC West Penwith RDC Plymouth CBC Wetherby RDC Pontefract BC Whiston RDC Portsmouth CBC Whitley Bay BC
Whitworth UDC Hammersmith LBC Winchester BC Haringey LBC Winsford UDC Hounslow LBC Woking UDC Kensington & Chelsea LBC Wolverhampton CBC Wombwell UDC Kingston upon Thames LBC Workington BC Worksop BC Lambeth LBC Worksop RDC Lewisham LBC Worthing RDC Merton LBC Yeovil BC Newham LBC Barking LBC Redbridge LBC Brent LBC Southwark LBC Bromley LBC Tower Hamlets LBC Camden LBC Waltham Forest LBC Enfield LBC Wandsworth LBC Greenwich LBC Westminster LBC Hackney LBC
§ Mr. Sydney Chapmanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many houses are affected by the general improvement areas declared in each year since 1969.
§ Mr. ChannonThe numbers of dwellings in the general improvement areas declared each year in England are as follows:
1969 … … 6,391 1970 … … 31,720 1971 … … 47,113 1972 (provisional) … … 60,300