HC Deb 18 November 1969 vol 791 cc249-50W
Mr. Hooley

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the aggregate contribution of the central Government to the housing revenue account of the County Borough of Sheffield in each financial year from April 1961, including an estimate for the current year.

Mr. Freeson

The aggregate contribution to the housing revenue account of Sheffield County Borough Council since 1961–62 for the provision of and improvements to council dwellings is as follows

£
1961–62 839,983
1962–63 877,546
1963–64 942,752
1964–65 1,092,398
1965–66 1,316,843
1966–67 1,477,939
1967–68 1,629,996
1968–69 1,772,002
1969–70 (estimate) 1,805,000

4. Mr. Hooley

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the capital expenditure of the County Borough of Sheffield in housing in each financial year from April, 1961, including an estimate for the current year, and the number of houses completed in each year.

Mr. Freeson

The information for the years 1961–62 to 1968–69 is as follows

COUNTY BOROUGH OF SHEFFIELD
Capital expenditure on housing Numbers of houses completed
£
1961–62 3,910,985 1,336
1962–63 4,405,056 853
1963–64 6,433,225 2,088
1964–65 8,866.205 2,473
1965–66 9,068,474 3,444
1966–67 8,202,127 2,291
1967–68 9,640,283 2,020
1968–69 8,096,300 1,678

1,206 houses were completed during the current financial year up to the end of September, when a total of 3,576 houses were under construction. I am not in a position to say how many of these will be completed by the end of the financial year or what the total capital expenditure for the year will be. Capital payments for the first six months of the financial year, however, amounted to £4,232,090.