§ Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs how many older houses in West Suffolk were reconditioned or improved with the aid of 54W Government grants in each year since the war; and how much his Department spent in doing this.
§ Mr. CorfieldThe table below shows the number of houses in West Suffolk approved under the schemes of discretionary and standard grants.
Year Number of Dwellings Up to December, 1957* … … 975 1958 … … 189 1959 … … 515 1960 … … 1,192 1961 … … 824 1962 … … 862 1963 … … 892 * Separate figures not available for years prior to 1958. From July, 1956—figures are not available for earlier periods—to the end of 1963 grants to private owners amounted to £638,202. The Exchequer contributes annually for 20 years, a sum equal to three-quarters of the annual charges incurred by local authorities in raising loans to meet the cost of making grants. Payments from the Exchequer to local authorities in respect of improvements to their own houses totalled £27,795.