HC Deb 14 March 1967 vol 743 cc35-6W
Mr. Gwilym Roberts

10, asked the Minister of Housing and Local Govern ment if he will circulate local authorities asking them to produce a programme for building houses to rent with a minimum target of clearing their present housing lists by 1970.

Mr. Greenwood

No. Waiting lists are not by themselves reliable indicators of housing need. The bulk of the increasing resources made available for local authority housing goes to authorities with the greatest need, i.e. broadly those with the worst slums, serious shortages and overcrowding. These authorities were given programmes for three years ahead, and these are now being extended to 1970.