§ 76. Mr. Holtasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government the number of dwellings approved for grant by local authorities for the first six months of 1956 and 1957 under Section 20 of the Housing Act, 1949, as amended by the Housing (Repairs and Rents)Act, 1954.
§ Mr. H. Brooke15,894 and 16,750, respectively.
§ 77. Mr. Holtasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government which county councils and county boroughs in England have so far not used the powers given to them to make grants to persons for the improvement of housing accommodation.
§ Mr. H. BrookeApart from the London County Council, itself a housing authority, county councils are not empowered to make improvement grants. Only four of the seventy-nine county boroughs in England have not so far made any of these grants. They are Burnley, Derby, Stockport and Wigan.