HC Deb 22 November 1960 vol 630 cc94-6W
51. Mr. Mapp

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs which are the 50 or 60 local authorities where the hard-core of Slum clearance work remains; and if he will state, for each authority separately, the number of houses declared unfit in 1955 and the number cleared since that date.

Mr. H. Brooke

Following is the answer:

LOCAL AUTHORITIES WHOSE FIGURES INDICATE A SUBSTANTIAL LONG-TERM SLUM CLEARANCE PROBLEM
Name of authority Houses estimated to be unfit in 1955 Number of them cleared by 30th June, 1960
Ashton-under-Lyne B. 1,950 328
Bacup B. 2,400 218
Batley B. 4,796 414
Bilston B. 1,798 734
Birmingham C.B. 50,250 6,219
Bishop Auckland U.D. 2,290 310
Bolton C.B. 5,500 1,336
Bootle C.B. 3,081 747
Bradford C.B. 11,148 3,077
Brighouse B. 1,440 230
Castleford B. 2,216 818
Chester C.B. 2,532 398
Colne Valley U.D. 1,153 138
Congleton B. 804 142
Coseley U.D. 2,040 517
Crook and Wellington U.D. 2,000 347
Dukinfield B. 1,281 225
Ennerdale R.D. 1,898 279
Freebridge Lynn R.D. 1,421 66
Gateshead C.B. 4,023 1,233
Halifax C.B. 3,036 441
Hartlepool B. 1,384 531
Heywood B. 1,266 484
Hyde B. 1,689 525
Kerrier R.D. 2,000 83
Kidsgrove U.D. 1,438 320
Kingston-upon-Hull C.B. 14,768 1,388
Leeds C.B. 22,500 5,386
Liverpool C.B. 88,233 5,078
Manchester C.B. 68,000 7,028
Merthyr Tydfil C.B. 2,847 388
Morley B. 2,661 480
Oldham C.B. 11,169 1,285
Portsmouth C.B. 7,000 506
Preston C.B. 6,153 1,058
Rawte stall B. 1,418 242
Rochdale C.B. 5,000 854
St. Helens C.B. 3,794 368
Salford C.B. 12,026 2,565
Sheffield C.B. 13,500 3,348
Spenborough B. 2,084 641
Stalybridge B. 1,949 316
Stockport C.B. 6,000 1,067
Stockton-on-Tees 3,075 1,199
Stoke-on-Trent C.B. 12,000 4,081
Tredegar U.D. 1,068 197
West Bromwich C.B. 4,000 1,159
Wolverhampton C.B. 5,600 2,351
Wrexham R.D. 2,646 500
York C.B. 4,381 727
TOTAL—50 416,706 62,372

52. Mr. Mapp

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will initiate new measures to give additional help, financial and otherwise, to those local authorities faced with the excessive burden of slum clearance work.

Mr. H. Brooke

I share the hon. Member's desire to see slum clearance go ahead more rapidly in areas where there are very large numbers of unfit houses, but I do not believe that the local authorities concerned are prevented from speeding up the rate of clearance by lack of resources at the present stage. The urgent need is for additional technical staff, and this difficulty will I hope lessen as more and more authorities elsewhere come to the end of their slum clearance programmes.

Forward to