§ Mr. Brooksasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what proportion of the expenditure on the housing revenue account incurred by each of the housing authorities in the Merseyside development area was accounted for by repayment of principal on loans, and by interest on such loans, respectively, in each of the years 1961 to 1966, inclusive.
§ Mr. MellishDevelopment areas are defined in terms of employment exchange areas and not local authorities. The following authorities appear, either in whole or in part (in some cases a very small part) in the Merseyside Development area. The information is as follows:
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PROPORTION OF EXPENDITURE ON HOUSING REVENUE ACCOUNT ACCOUNTED FOR BY: Interest on loans Authority 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. County Boroughs Liverpool … … 58.8 56.9 55.3 59.0 57.4 Birkenhead … … 61.9 61–7 60.5 61.1 61.4 Bootle … … 53.7 55.0 54.5 54.2 54.2 St. Helens … … 61.4 60.4 60.1 60.9 61.9 Wallasey … … 59.5 58.7 58.1 60.5 63.3 Non County Boroughs Bebington … … 57.1 54.3 52.2 52.3 55.3 Crosby … … 55.6 56.1 54.5 55.3 61.9 Ellesmere Port … … 57.8 56.3 53.3 55.1 57.5 Widnes … … 51.3 49.2 49.1 53.6 54.4 Urban Districts Hoylake … … 62.1 57.9 58.9 59.4 54.9 Huyton-with-Roby … … 64.3 62.8 61.0 61.3 63.0 Kirkby … … 28.4 42.5 53.8 69.8 75.6 Litherland … … 67.4 67.6 66.3 64.8 66.5 Neston … … 69.6 67.4 67.6 70.1 65.6 Prestcott … … 64.8 66.0 64.6 62.0 57.8 Rainford … … 62.0 59.2 58.8 59.4 41.4 Runcorn … … 67.5 66.7 66.8 67.2 66.7 Winsford* … … 51.6 52.9 56.3 65.9 69.1 Wirral … … 60.6 61.9 59.2 59.1 63.7 Rural Districts Chester … … 63.9 60.3 57.5 57.5 60.9 Runcorn … … 64.9 64.4 62.2 62.8 61.9 Tarvin … … 58.4 58.7 61.3 57.6 58.0 Warrington … … 62.8 61.1 58.0 56.1 53.5 West Lancs. … … 60.9 60.3 59.4 58.7 57.6 Whiston … … 54.2 54.4 52.2 53.5 52.2 Source—Epitomes of Accounts. * This authority is not in the Merseyside Development Area but is treated as if it were, by virtue of section 15(6) of the Industrial Development Act 1966.