§ 64 and 65. Mr. Ness Edwardsasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government (1) how many applications for loan sanction made by local authorities in Wales were refused in 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 and the first quarter of 1956;
(2) how many schemes were passed for loan sanction in Wales for the first quarter of 1956 and for each of the years 1950 to 1955.
§ Mr. SandysNot all of this information is available, but following are the figures of the total loans sanctioned in the first quarter of this year, and in each of the preceding calendar years back to 1950:
£ 1st quarter of 1956 … 6,547,386 1955 … 32,144,651 1954 … 30,008,981 1953 … 29,220,278 1952 … 26,401,593 1951 … 26,607,458 1950 … 26,042,952