§ Mr. Dickensasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what was the amount of housing subsidy paid by the Exchequer in each year since 1963–64 to the former Metropolitan Boroughs of Deptford and Lewisham and to the London Borough of Lewisham.
418Wwas the amount of rate support grant paid by the Exchequer in each year since 1963–64 to the former Metropolitan Boroughs of Deptford and Lewisham and to the London Borough of Lewisham.
§ Mr. Denis HowellThe latest estimates of rate support grant payable to the London Borough of Lewisham for the years 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70 and 1970–71, and the corresponding grants for the two previous years are shown below. Comparable figures for 1963–64 and 1964–65 for the areas now comprising the London Borough of Lewisham are not available; much of the total grant was then payable to the London County Council.
§ Mr. FreesonThe totals of subsidies paid in respect of new dwellings, including payments for transmission to housing associations, are as follows:
Lewisham Metropolitan Borough Deptford Metropolitan Borough 1963–64 … … £188,926 £44,283 1964–65 … … £182,045 £51,343
Lewisham London Borough 1965–66 … … £299,758 1966–67 … … £340,261 1967–68 … … £379,652 1968–69 … … £418,733 1969–70 … … £475,062