HC Deb 16 May 1950 vol 475 c131W
25. Mr. Braine

asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning if he will give details of the rents, inclusive of rates, of all types of new houses under construction in new towns.

Mr. Dalton

The information is as follows:

HOUSES ON WHICH RATES HAVE BEEN ASSESSED
New Town Number of Bedrooms Weekly rent inclusive of rates
Aycliffe … 2 20/6d.
3 25/-
Crawley … 2 20/7d.
3 31/6d.–33/9d
4 37/6d.
Harlow … 2 24/5d.
3 34/10d.
Hemel Hempstead … 2 29/6d.
3 31/–37/4d.
4 42/7d.
Stevenage … 2 16/8d.-29/2d.

A number of other houses in these and other New Towns are under construction, but rate assessments have not yet been made.