Mr. SIMONasked the Minister of Health whether he will give particulars of the slum clearance schemes completed under the Housing Act, 1923, showing in each case the number of houses pulled down, the number of houses built, and the annual loss of the scheme per house built?
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§ Mr. GREENWOODThe following statement shows the desired particulars, so far as they are available, in respect of each completed slum clearance scheme
Scheme Number of buildings (including houses, shops, stores, warehouses, etc.), demolished. Number of new dwellings erected. Estimated average annual loss per house built. £ s. Aylesbury (Whitehall Street) 29 16 9 10 Aylesbury (Upper Hundreds) 24 36 Battersea M.B.C. 72 66 — Bermondsey M.B.C. 151 54* — Brighton (Paradise Street) 59 48 — Bristol (Bedminster Down) 13 12 — Carlisle (Rigg Street and Queen Street) 56 36 6 18 Carlisle (South George and South John Street). 52 24 7 4 Cheltenham 86 52 — Chesterfield 103 102 7 8 Dewsbury 62 50 — Gateshead 103 104 — Hitchin (St. Andrew Street) 82 50 12 17 Horsham 24 24 — Ipswich 137 106 — Lancaster 56 54 10 2 Middlesbrough 59 57 — Newcastle-on-Tyne (Prudhoe Street) 58 124 — New Windsor 52 50 — Norwich (Bakers Yard) 44 40 — Norwich (Robinsons Yard) 51 56 — Oldbury (Rounds Fold) 19 22 — Oldbury (Todds Row) 20 22 12 11 Poplar M.B.C. (Gale Street) 16 24 — Rochdale (Victoria Place) 83 68 11 9 Rotherham 56 56 5 8 Rotherham R.D.C. 22 22 — Sheffield (Matthew Street) 97 95 — Sheffield (River Lane) 31 31 — Sowerby 40 34 11 17 Torquay 49 20 — Tynemouth 42 66 — West Bromwich (Barton Street) 81 81 — Widnes 75 84 — Worcester 32 26 — * In addition 49 tenements have been provided by conversion of existing buildings and the balance of re-housing accommodation required has been provided by arrangement with the London County Council on the County Council's Downham Estate. Figures of average annual loss on slum clearance schemes assisted under this Act have not in any case been fixed but final accounts showing the capital cost of ten of the completed schemes have been received, and in these cases rough estimates have been made of the probable average annual loss on the basis of present rents and estimated selling prices of the cleared sites.