§ Mr. Rowlandsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many house improvement grants have been paid to householders since the introduction of the House Improvement Act 1971; and what proportion this is of the total number of grants approved.
§ Mr. ChannonUp to August 1973, 125,000 grants had been paid to private
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IMPROVEMENT GRANTS APPROVED FOR LOCAL AUTHORITY DWELLINGS LONDON BOROUGHS AND GREATER LONDON COUNCIL Number of dwellings Allowable cost (£ thousand) 1971 1972 1st half 1973 1971 1972 1st half 1973 Barking … … … 38 985 1,112 5.9 468.9 538.9 Barnet … … … — — 111 — — 112.2 Bexley … … … 1 48 457 1.9 56.8 464.1 Brent … … … 163 58 6 246.3 37.1 2.5 Bromley … … … 42 — 9 16.4 — 7.0 Camden … … … 573 453 157 831.1 833.0 197.7 Croydon … … … 2 19 4 0.7 6.8 6.8 Ealing … … … 20 65 — 40.9 82.9 — Enfield … … … 119 296 47 62.3 431.6 76.0 Greenwich … … … 27 508 6 18.7 495.8 13.5 Hackney … … … 15 104 11 19.8 209.8 30.7 Hammersmith … … … 6 40 — 9.5 48.7 — Haringey … … … 80 142 206 75.1 142.8 58.6 Harrow … … … 6 423 1 5.9 20.8 1.0 Havering … … … 19 41 110 122.2 22.4 213.1 Hillingdon … … … 2 35 — 1.8 46.2 — Hounslow … … … 55 1 — 13.9 1.6 — Islington … … … 37 39 8 88.6 86.7 22.3 Kensington and Chelsea … … 56 — — 66.8 — — Kingston upon Thames … … — 74 76 — 36.3 69.8 Lambeth … … … 168 300 102 302.7 723.8 240.2 Lewisham … … … 167 134 103 374.1 317.7 242.7 Merton … … … 35 44 121 36.8 68.5 44.4 Newham … … … 46 30 2 43.6 46.9 5.2 Redbridge … … … 1 — — 0.5 — — Richmond upon Thames … … 10 — — 8.6 — — Southwark … … … 234 226 112 484.1 435.8 274.9 Sutton … … … 1 271 589 0.6 9.7 535.6 Tower Hamlets … … … 124 64 16 169.6 85.9 30.9 Waltham Forest … … … 22 56 17 20.2 43.8 20.6 Wandsworth … … … 20 57 111 28.4 93.7 177.1 Westminster … … … 224 266 84 329.3 449.8 142.7 Greater London Council … … 2,013 279 414 1,632.9 580.0 683.2 owners in the assisted areas of England since the introduction of the Housing Act 1971. During the same period 203,000 grants were approved for private owners in those areas. Much of the difference is accounted for by work currently in hand on which grant has not yet been paid.
§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the value of improvement grants approved for local authority accommodation in London during 1971, 1972 and 1973, respectively, by boroughs; and what was the number of dwellings in respect of which grants were approved.
§ Mr. EyreThe table below shows the numbers of dwellings and the allowable costs; the central Government's annual contribution is based on 75 per cent. of the allowable cost.