Local Authority Houses (Government Subsidies)

HC Deb 21 February 1957 vol 565 cc92-3W

Mr. Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the total amount of Government subsidies paid towards the building of local authority housing in each of the last eight financial years.

Mr. Maclay

The total subsidies paid in these years to local authorities for houses built by them were as follows:

				To the nearest
				£1,000
1948–49	…	…	…	4,552,000
1949–50	…	…	…	5,388,000
1950–51	…	…	…	5,060,000
1951–52	…	…	…	5,447,000
1952–53	…	…	…	5,580,000
1953–54	…	…	…	6,993,000
1954–55	…	…	…	8,280,000
1955–56	…	…	…	9,327,000