§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will list the local authorities
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Local Authority Name of Scheme Tender Price £ Number of Dwellings Gateshead Harris Bank, Birtley 312,575 28 Newcastle upon Tyne Ord's Field, Gosforth 210,852 25 Newbiggin Hall Centre 79,088 10 Rye Hill—CDA2 120,705 15 South Tyneside Durham Drive, Jarrow 809,687 108 Sheridan Road 380,970 36 Sunderland MD Colliery Row Fence Houses 178,277 21 Leechmere Road 583,540 68 Tadcaster Road 665,612 80 Chester Le Street Pelton Fell 987,929 97 Pelton Fell 798,884 69 Darlington Murrayfield Way, Red Hall 49,883 8 Derwentside Church Road, Blackhill 308,869 32 Stanley Hall, Phase V 1,952,266 234 Hamsterley, Phase I 499,709 54 Easington Queens Road, Wingate 544,937 68 Victoria Street, Shotton 446,804 49 Sedgefield West Cornforth 202,762 31 Jubilee Fields, Shildon 96,323 12 Jubilee Fields, Shildon 383,526 44 Wansbeck East Ford Road, Stokeford 405,822 42 Infill Housing Site, Woodlea, Newbiggin by Sea 31,531 4 Wear Valley Rookhope (Boltsburn Crescent) 55,658 6 St. John's Chapel 56,861 6 Sheffield Long Lane, Stannington 2,631,035 279 Wakefield Stansfield Road, Castleford 350,090 51 Kingston upon Hull Bransholme Avenue, NA3 North Part I 788,804 120 North Wolds 65 Scarborough Road, Bridlington 6,585 1 Manchester St. Johns Road, Longsight 697,273 77 Chelwood Street 219,793 31 Longsight 6 (Stockfis Site) 319,810 30 Briscoe Lane, Newton Heath 1,537,501 173 Orpington Road 496,415 55 Adrian Street, Mosten 1,548,118 169 Chisholm Street 223,141 31 Wigan Bolton Road/Water Street 162,756 24 Blackburn Carluke Street 76,340 12 Anvil Street, Phase 1 345,211 53 Burnley Briercliffe, Burnley 204,729 25 Springfield Bank, Oxford Road 109,427 13 Derby Morleston Street 449,220 75 Baker Street 268,804 44 Kettering Highfield Road Estate 286,065 33 Lincoln Eastbourne Street 47,434 5 Mansfield Old Newark Road Housing Estate 661,771 113 Birmingham Frankley Area, Q & R North 3,612,535 364 Sandwell Harvey Road, Rowley Regis 167,979 19 Princes Grove, West Bromwich 368,989 66 Old Walsall Road, Great Barr 133,938 17 Union Street, Smethwick, Warley 185,260 26 Wilford Road, West Bromwich 294,225 43 Brackenden Drive 549,941 67 Woden Road South 453,445 62 Mesty Croft, Wednesbury 54,781 6 Walsall Whitehall Road, Caldmore 277,396 31 Elmore Green Road, Emery Street 93,470 10 Allens Rough Farm, Phase 11 1,085,225 123 Cannock Chase Site 78B Abbey Street, Hednesford 21,047 2 Site 78A Abbey Street, Hednesford 141,984 16 which have received loan sanction to build dwellings by direct labour since May 28th 1975, naming the scheme in each case, the gross tender price, and the number of dwellings involved.
§ Mr. ArmstrongThe information available to the Department up to 2nd February 1976 is as follows:
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Local Authority Name of Scheme Tender Price £ Number of Dwellings Stoke on Trent … … Lundy Road, Longton Hall Road … … 48,407 6 St. Edmundsbury … Great Whelnetham … … … 177,712 24 Colchester … … Hawthorn Avenue, Greenstead Estate … … 455,247 60 Greenstead Estate, Contract 138 … … … 1,826,453 246 Harlow … … Sherrards Orchard … … … 105,305 12 Barking … … Fords Endowed School Site … … … 507,868 40 Brent … … Birchen Grove … … … 533,171 38 Stanley Avenue, Wembley … … … 268,586 23 Burnley Road, Willesden … … … 598,294 42 Hackney … … Ferncliffe Road, E8 … … … 2,572,345 182 Waltham Forest … Priory Court Estate, Countess Road … … 333,432 45 Newham … … Wallace Road, E15 … … … 612,868 58 Eastbourne … … Willingdon Trees, Phase 1A, Stage 1 … … 1,078,507 136 Sevenoaks … … Hartley, Phase 4 … … … 599,002 59 Ogwr … … Llangynwyd, Phase 2 … … … 176,987 24
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will list the local authorities which have received loan sanction since 10th June 1975 to build dwellings for sale by direct labour, naming the scheme in each case, the gross tender price and the number of dwellings involved.
§ Mr. ArmstrongNo such loan sanctions have been given.
LOCAL AUTHORITIES' DIRECT LABOUR DEPARTMENTS Great Britain Operatives (including apprentices) engaged on Construction Work Thousands Type of work October 1974 April 1975 October 1975 (provisional) New housing … 10.7 10.8 11.6 Other new work … 15.1 14.8 14.3 Housing repair and maintenance (including housing improvement) 68.9 74.9 76.1 Other repair and maintenance … 69.6 70.9 75.0 Total Operatives … 164.3 171.3 177.1 Notes:—No figures were collected for April 1974 because of local authority reorganisation. Employment of administrative, professional, technical and clerical staff was 85,400 in October 1974, 87,200 in April 1975, and 88,300 in October 1975. These numbers cannot be allocated to particular types of work, and they include staff engaged on the design, control, etc., of construction work irrespective of whether the work is to be carried out by the authority's own direct labour force or by a contractor.