HC Deb 06 July 1967 vol 749 c291W
Mr. Lubbock

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list showing the number of houses owned by the Greater London Council in each of its overspill schemes, and in each case also the number of dwellings that are not occupied.

Mr. Mellish

The number of houses to which the G.L.C. have the right of nominating the tenants, and the vacancies in these houses, are as follows:

HOUSES PROVIDED UNDER THE TOWN DEVELOPMENT ACT 1952 FOR GREATER LONDON FAMILIES
Expanding Town Town Development Houses completed Houses not occupied
Andover B. 794 69
Ashford U.D. 770
Aylesbury B. 1,600 8
Banbury B. 1,000 30
Basingstoke B. 2,800
Bletchley U.D. 2,850
Bury St. Edmunds B. 647 42
Canvey Island U.D. 414*
Frimley and Camberley U.D. 1,177*
Gainsborough U.D.
Grantham B. 15
Haverhill U.D. 1,492 172
Huntingdon B. 1,503 160
King's Lynn B. 859 300†
Letchworth U.D. 500
Luton C.B. 1,000*
Luton R.D. 1,396
Melford R.D. 442 118
Mildenhall R.D. 121
Newmarket U.D.
Peterborough B. 112
St. Neots U.D. 382
Sudbury B.
Swindon B. 5,310‡ 32§
Thetford B. 1,359 135
Wellingborough U.D. 552 35
Witham U.D. 290 8
Total 27,385 1,109
*Scheme completed.
† 212 are required for workers shortly moving in.
‡ Swindon has no formal agreement with the Greater London Council. This is the number of houses let to London families.
§ This is the number of houses waiting to be relet to London families.

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