§ Mr. Irvingasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has as to the average cost of providing a new council dwelling to let, in terms of the first year debt charges on the loan and the general management costs for a year for a one, two and three-bedroomed non-sheltered dwelling in (a) Cheltenham, (b) Greater London, (c) England and (d) Great Britain.
§ Sir George YoungThe information requested about costs of provision is not readily available from project control forms, except as averages for all sizes of dwellings. The average cost to a local authority in 1984 of providing a non-sheltered dwelling for rent was £30,500 in England and £42,000 in Greater London. The first-year debt charges on these costs, assuming an average interest rate of 11 per cent., would be £3,355 and £4,620 respectively. Separate figures for Cheltenham are not available. The average management and maintenance cost for all local authority dwellings in 1984–85 was £475 in England, £756 in Greater London and £479 in Cheltenham. Comparable information is not available for Great Britain as a whole.