§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he is satisfied with the speed at which housing demolition under the Housing Act, 1957, and the provision of new houses or flats, are being carried out; what recent action has been taken to speed up the demolition and provision of new houses; and if he will publish in tabular form evidence of the progress made by cities with populations of over 200,000.
SLUM CLEARANCE PROGRESS BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES WITH A POPULATION OF OVER 200,000 Local Authority Number of houses estimated to be unfit in 1955 or subsequently Number of houses demolished or closed 1.1.55 to 31.3.61 under Parts II and III of the Housing Act, 1957 Estimated Number of houses in confirmed orders under Part III of the Housing Act, 1957 awaiting clearance Birmingham C.B. … 50,250 7,644 7,266* Bradford C.B. … 11,148 3,850 1,587 Bristol C.B. … 10,000 3,049 1,916 Cardiff C.B. … 2,492 395 231 Coventry C.B. … 1,678 840 93 Croydon C.B. … 705 126 — Harrow B. … 577 162 39 Kingston upon Hull C.B. … 14,768 1,853 819* Leeds C.B. … 22,500 5,386 6,832* Leicester C.B. … 10,952 4,109 794 Liverpool C.B. … 88,233 5,895 3,003* Manchester C.B. … 68,000 8,060 1,448* Newcastle upon Tyne C.B. … 4,645 1,990 532 Nottingham C.B. … 2,690 1,401 1,582 Plymouth C.B. … 1,500 1,005 282 Portsmouth C.B. … 3,041 871 964 Sheffield C.B. … 13,500 4,268 1,075* Southampton C.B. … 3,327 1,185 350 Stoke on Trent C.B. … 12,000 4,443 776 L.C.C. and Metropolitan Boroughs … 20,993 17,892 3,650 * Indicates that the figure includes houses retained for temporary accommodation under Section 48 of the Housing Act, 1957.