§ Mr. Alisonasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what steps are being taken to facilitate the reemployment or redeployment of employees at the Selby factory of the British Sugar Corporation, following the announcement of its closure in 1973.
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GOVERNMENT HOUSING SUBSIDIES Subsidies for permanent new dwellings (England and Wales)* Average amount of subsidy per dwelling (to nearest?)? Government contributions towards conversion or improvement of existing dwellings (England and Wales) Local authority dwellings Privately owned dwellings Amount paid Average per dwelling‡ Amount paid Average per dwelling‡ £000 £ £000 £ s. £000 £ s. 1962–63 … 66,025 18 748 5 4 4,333 9 6 1963–64 … 67,266 18 1,128 6 8 6,117 11 0 1964–65 … 72,959 19 1,278 6 4 6,579 10 4 1965–66 … 77,669 19 1,528 6 10 7,232 9 18 1966–67 … 82,387 20 1,674 6 2 8,316 10 6 1967–68 … 92,942 21 2,006 6 12 9,281 10 8 1968–69 … 105,895 24 2,625 7 16 10,511 10 14 1969–70 (est.) … 131,000 28 2,890 7 18 10,760 11 2 * These subsidies are payable on the provision of new dwellings under all subsidy legislation, including subsidies payable to the Commission for the New Towns, to development corporations and to housing associations. The subsidy payment under the Housing Subsidies Act, 1967, on a dwelling costing £4,100 completed in 1969–70 is about £148 a year for 60 years. In practice, the cumulative subsidy payments to local authorities are not evenly spread among all tenants but are used mainly to reduce the rents of new housing and to meet the cost of rebates for tenants with lower incomes. These figures exclude any rate fund contributions to housing revenue accounts. † The average figures are calculated by reference to all dwellings included in local authority housing revenue accounts, dwellings owned by the New Towns Commission, Development Corporations, and housing associations. ‡ The average figures are calculated by reference to all dwellings in respect of which contributions are being paid.
§ Mr. DellAs indicated in the replies of my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of 25th February—[Vol. 796, c. 341–2]—some of the workers will be offered transfers to the York factory and other establishments within the British Sugar Corporation.
Nearer the time of the closure my local officers will be in touch with the management of the factory and will do all that they can to assist those requiring our help to find alternative employment.