HC Deb 15 January 1975 vol 884 cc102-3W
42. Mr. Atkinson

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make special arrangements to assist London boroughs in the provision of housing for skilled and professionally qualified workers.

46. Mr. Wellbeloved

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what advice his Department has given to London borough councils in respect of the provision of housing accommodation for key workers in the London area.

Mr. Freeson

Local authorities were recommended to give special consideration to such needs in DOE Circular 70/74 and the Cullingworth Report of 1969. In addition my Department is urging authorities in London to meet the housing needs of key public service workers and their families in collaboration with the Housing Corporation, which is also investigating a number of additional sites in Greater London owned by public service industries, in particular British Rail, for such housing purposes. I hope that this process will be expedited and expanded.