HC Deb 03 July 1956 vol 555 c100W
64 and 65. Mr. Ness Edwards

asked 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. Sandys

Not 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