Mr. David Adamsasked the Minister of Health whether he can state which local authorities have received Exchequer contributions on the basis of £3 10s. per displaced person for providing re-housing accommodation in tenement buildings of more than three storeys on the site of a cleared area, or on other sites the approved cost or value of which exceeds £3,000 an acre; and the total number of dwellings provided in such tenement buildings at 30th June, 1937?
§ Mr. BernaysFollowing is the information:
Government contributions at the rate of £10s. per person displaced in connection with slum clearance schemes have been paid to the following local authorities in respect of new housing accommodation provided in tenement buildings:
London County Council.
Battersea Metropolitan Borough Council.
Bermondsey Metropolitan Borough Council.
Bethnal Green Metropolitan Borough Council.
Fulham Metropolitan Borough Council.
Greenwich Metropolitan Borough Council.
Hackney Metropolitan Borough Council.
Holborn Metropolitan Borough Council.
Islington Metropolitan Borough Council.
Kensington Metropolitan Borough Council.
Lambeth Metropolitan Borough Council.
Paddington Metropolitan Borough Council.
Poplar Metropolitan Borough Council.
St. Pancras Metropolitan Borough Council.
2884WShoreditch Metropolitan Borough Council.
Southwark Metropolitan Borough Council.
Stepney Metropolitan Borough Council.
Stoke Newington Metropolitan Borough Council.
Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough Council.
Westminster Metropolitan Borough Council.
Birkenhead County Borough Council.
Brighton County Borough Council.
Bristol County Borough Council.
Liverpool County Borough Council.
Manchester County Borough Council.
Sheffield County Borough Council.
Southampton County Borough Council.
At the latest date for which information is available, namely, 31st March, 1937, approximately 13,000 dwellings of the kind referred to by the hon. Member had been completed.