§ Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government (1) if he will state the amount of loan sanction granted, in each of the last three years for which figures exist, to the Greater London Council and each of the London boroughs for new building work allocated to direct labour departments and to other contractors, respectively;
(2) if he will state the amount of new building work allocated to the direct labour departments of the Greater London Council and the London boroughs as a proportion of those authorities' total building programme in each of the last three years for which figures exist.
§ Mr. MellishI regret that comprehensive information on the allocation of all new building work to direct labour departments is not available, nor is information on the sub-division of loan sanctions as between direct labour departments and other contractors.
Details on the allocation of work on new dwellings are given in the table below:—
DWELLINGS ALLOCATED TO DIRECT LABOUR DEPARTMENTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF ALL DWELLINGS IN TENDERS APPROVED Percentages 1964 1965 1966 Greater London Council (L.C.C. to 1.4.65) 3.8 14.3 12.2 London Boroughs 13.1* 17.6 13.2 * This figure refers to dwellings in the London Boroughs as now constituted.