HC Deb 25 June 1973 vol 858 cc269-70W
Mr. Sydney Chapman

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many general improvement areas have now been designated; and if he will publish a table in the OFFICIAL REPORT showing the number of such areas in each county borough and in each London borough.

Mr. Channon

570 general improvement areas have been declared under the Housing Act 1969. The number of such areas in each county borough and in each London borough are as follows:

County Boroughs No. of G.I.A.s
Barrow in Furness 1
Bath 2
Birkenhead 5
Birmingham 9
Blackburn 16
Bolton 4
Bournemouth 1
Bradford 5
Brighton 2
Bristol 3
Burnley 1
Bury 3
Coventry 2
Darlington 3
Derby 2

Doncaster 2
Dudley 1
Eastbourne 1
Exeter 1
Gateshead 6
Gloucester 2
Grimsby 1
Halifax 3
Hartlepool 3
Hastings 1
Huddersfield 1
Kingston upon Hull 5
Leeds 1
Leicester 2
Lincoln 1
Liverpool 11
Luton 2
Manchester 3
Newcastle upon Tyne 20
Northampton 1
Norwich 3
Nottingham 4
Oldham 1
Plymouth 5
Portsmouth 2
Preston 1
Reading 1
Rochdale 8
Rotherham 1
St. Helens 1
Sheffield 8
Southampton 1
Stockport 5
Stoke on Trent 4
Sunderland 1
Teesside 7
Torbay 1
Tynemouth 3
Walsall 1
Warley 3
Warrington 1
West Bromwich 1
Wolverhampton 3
York 2

London Boroughs No. of G.I.A.s
Barking 3
Brent 2
Bromley 1
Camden 11
Enfield 1
G.L.C 1
Greenwich 1
Hackney 3
Hammersmith 2
Haringey 6
Havering 1
Hounslow 2
Kensington and Chelsea 1
Kingston upon Thames 2
Lambeth 2
Lewisham 3
Merton 1
Newham 1
Redbridge 1
Southwark 1
Tower Hamlets 1
Waltham Forest 2
Wandsworth 2
Westminster 3