HC Deb 23 June 1964 vol 697 cc41-2W
35. Mr. E. Johnson

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs how many slum houses were demolished in Manchester during the periods 1945 to 1951, 1951 to 1959, and 1959 to the latest convenient date; and how many houses or flats to accommodate families formerly living in slums were completed during the corresponding periods.

Mr. Corfield

My right hon. Friend's records do not show how many of the Corporation's new or existing dwellings were built or used specifically for the rehousing of families from the slums, but since 1955 the greater part of the new housing has been for this purpose.

Figures of slum clearance in individual local authority areas are available only from 1st January, 1955, when the slum clearance programme was resumed.

Following are the figures:

— Slums demolished or closed Dwellings built
1.3.45 to 31.12.51 … 8,808
1.1.51 to 31.12.54 … 6,974
1.1.55 to 31.12.59 … 6,372 7,297
1.1.60 to 31.12.63 … 8,168 8,917

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