HC Deb 23 February 1960 vol 618 cc33-4W
67. Mr. Parker

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether he has considered the near completion of many of the new towns in the home counties; and whether he will now take steps to establish further new towns to meet housing needs in London and the home counties.

Mr. H. Brooke

There is still room for many thousands more houses in several of the new towns round London; and meanwhile other towns are expanding under the Town Development Act. I should like to see still better progress made with these town expansions.

I have no proposals for starting further Government new towns for Greater London, but I understand that the London County Council may be putting forward a proposal to build a new town itself.

66. Mr. Parker

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what number of families have been rehoused in the new towns in the home counties in each of the last three years from the London County Council housing list, and from those of each of the twenty largest authorities in the home counties.

Mr. H. Brooke

The following table shows, for the County of London and for each of the next twenty largest local authorities in Greater London, the number of families moving from each area to London new towns during each of the last three years who are definitely known to have been on a housing list:

— 1957 1958 1959
County of London 1,258 819 628
Croydon 52 18 16
Harrow 74 47 43
Ealing 50 40 28
Ilford 49 13 24
Willesden 108 57 53
West Ham 51 26 14
Hendon 88 41 26
Wembley 40 34 18
Tottenham 148 70 44
Dagenham 144 69 32
Walthamstow 137 27 17
East Ham 28 23 14
Enfield 47 18 13
Romford 22 13 15
Heston and Isleworth 35 20 14
Twickenham 29 27 13
Leyton 79 41 28
Hornsey 65 34 26
Edmonton 144 50 23
Bexley 5 5 8
TOTAL 2,653 1,492 1,097

The information available is however not complete, and relates mainly to persons recruited under the Industrial Selection Scheme, who are a diminishing proportion of the total number of Londoners rehoused in the new towns.