HC Deb 03 March 1965 vol 707 c270W
Mr. Barnett

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what amount of capital expenditure investment and initial allowances have been granted in each of the last 10 years; and on what amount of capital expenditure initial allowances only have been granted in each of the last 10 years when investment allowances were not available.

Mr. Callaghan

The estimated amounts of fixed capital expenditure qualifying for investment allowances and for initial allowances only are as follows:

bedroom council houses, respectively, built in each of the years 1949 to 1964.

Mr. Mellish

The average floor areas of two and three bedroom council houses in tenders approved in each year were:

Year Two-bedroom houses Three-bedroom houses
sq. ft. sq. ft.
1949 (not recorded) 1,056
1950 859 1,053
1951 840 1,031
1952 798 948
1953 787 916
1954 779 914
1955 774 912
1956 756 912
1957 753 908
1958 737 903
1959 735 897
1960 736 897
1961 749 898
1962 737 907
1963 740 917
1964 743 920