§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the amount of housing subsidy paid by the central government to each of the county boroughs of Leeds. Liverpool. Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Birmingham, Coventry, Nottingham, Derby and Sheffield in 1967–68, the number of municipal dwellings owned by each of these authorities in 1967, and comparable figures for 1968–69 and 1968 as nearly as these can be estimated.
§ Mr. MacCollThe information is as follows:—
Macclesfield for house purchase advances for the second half-year has been reduced by some £10,000, whether he will in future adhere to the proposed allocation in order to clarify the position for local authorities.
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§ Mr. MacCollThe quotas of all authorities have had to be reduced by 20 per cent. because of the overriding need to restrain public expenditure and borrowing. I cannot give an assurance that future proposed allocations will remain unchanged throughout any one year.