§ Mr. Probertasked the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of the average weekly increase in council house rents needed for existing dwellings, in shillings, on the basis that housing subsidies to the Aberdare Urban District Council were abolished, excepting old people's accommodation; and 384W what is the estimated weekly increase needed to offset the subsidy on dwellings under construction on 1st January, 1970.
§ Mr. George ThomasI estimate that the cost to Aberdare Urban District Council of abolishing housing subsidies for existing dwellings, excepting old people's accommodation, would in the current financial year be equivalent to an average increase of about 17s. a week in a 52-week rent year. If subsidies were withdrawn from dwellings under construction on 1st January, 1970, the cost might be equivalent to rent increases in the range of 45s. to 100s. a week if applied only to the rents of those dwellings, or in the range of 3s. to 4s. a week if pooled over the whole housing stock.
§ Mr. Probertasked the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of the average weekly increase in council house rents needed for existing dwellings, in shillings, on the basis that housing subsidies to the Mountain Ash Urban District Council were abolished, excepting old people's accommodation; and what is the estimated weekly increase needed to offset the subsidy on dwellings under construction on 1st January, 1970.
§ Mr. George ThomasI estimate that the cost to Mountain Ash Urban District Council of abolishing housing subsidies for existing dwellings, excepting old people's accommodation, would in the current financial year be equivalent to an average increase of about 18s. a week in a 52-week rent year. If subsidies were withdrawn from dwellings under construction on 1st January, 1970, the cost might be equivalent to rent increases in the range of 42s. to 76s. a week if applied only to the rents of those dwellings, or in the range of 3s. to 4s. a week if pooled over the whole housing stock.