§ Mr. Randallasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what was the average cost of interest charges per week for each council dwelling in Gateshead in each year since 1951 for which figures are available.
§ Sir K. JosephThe only figures I have for annual interest charges are totals covering the whole of the council's housing revenue account and so including interest payments on shops, garages, etc., as well as on houses. In the following table these total payments are divided by the number of houses held at the end of the particular year.
Year Total interest charges on housing revenue account shown as a weekly sum per dwelling s. d. 1950–51 9 5 1951–52 9 3 1952–53 10 10 1953–54 11 4 1954–55 12 1 1955–56 13 4 1956–57 17 1 1957–58 17 10 1958–59 20 2 1959–50 18 1 1960–61 19 1 1961–62 20 0 1962–63 21 3