HC Deb 30 January 1968 vol 757 c265W
61. Mr. Leadbitter

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what were the levels of public investment for housing in the Northern Region for the three-year periods preceding and following 1964.

Mr. MacColl

Public investment in new dwellings exclusive of land costs, in the Northern Region in the three financial years 1962–63 to 1964–65 together amounted to £61.5 million. Figures for the next three-year period are not yet available, but the figure for the last available year, 1965–66 was £27.5 million.

62. Mr. Leadbitter

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what improvements in housing standards have been established in the Northern Region arising from any relevant increase in public expenditure; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. MacColl

With the help of the new subsidies 83.3 per cent. of dwellings approved in the Region were to Parker Morris space and heating standards by the middle of last year, as against 58.4 per cent. in 1965.

Mr. Leadbitter

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what was the number of houses, private and public, completed in the Northern Region for the three-year periods preceding and following 1964.

Mr. MacColl

In the three years 1962 to 1964, 27,706 private dwellings and 30,330 public dwellings were completed in the Northern Region. For the period 1965 to 1967 the figures were 28,120 and 34.536, respectively.