§ Mr. Hobdenasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what was the amount of interest repayable on new housing loans for municipal housing in Brighton in each full year from 1951 to 1967.
§ Mr. MacCollI regret this information is not available.
§ Mr. Hobdenasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government how much has been paid to date in grants to private householders in Brighton for improvements to their property.
§ Mr. MacCollBrighton Council gave a total of £528,052 in house improvement grants to private owners during the period 1st July, 1956, to 29th February, 1968. Details for the earlier period are not readily available and those for last month are not yet to hand.
§ Mr. Hobdenasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what has 328W been the effect on the cost of building a council unit of accommodation in Brighton of the Housing Subsidies Act, 1967; and how this compares with the former position.
§ Mr. MacCollThe Housing Subsidies Act, 1967, in effect limits the rate of interest payable on loans raised to finance new housing to 4 per cent. Comprehensive figures of current cost in Brighton are not available but on a dwelling costing £3,800 completed in 1967–68 the basic subsidy would be £85 10s. a year compared with £24 under the Housing Act, 1961.
§ Mr. Hobdenasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what estimate he has made of the effect on rents in the Brighton area of those rents submitted to the Rent Assessment Committee under the Rent Act 1965.
§ Mr. MacCollNo means exists of measuring the movement of rents not referred to the rent registration service. The Surrey and Sussex Rent Assessment Panel, which covers Brighton, believe however that even where rents have not been determined under the Rent Act, accommodation to let is being offered at rents which reflect the levels of registered fair rents.