HC Deb 13 March 1970 vol 797 cc411-2W
Mr. Dickens

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what estimate he has made of the average weekly increase in council house rents needed for subsidised dwellings, in shillings, on the basis that housing subsidies to the London Borough of Lewisham 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. Freeson

In the light of information provided by the council I estimate that the cost to Lewisham London Borough Council of abolishing housing subsidies for existing subsidised dwellings, excluding old people's accommodation, would, in 1969–70, be equivalent to an

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Mr. Philip H. P. Bennett (Chairman), M.A., F.R.I.B.A. Senior Partner, T. P. Bennett & Son Architects.
Mr. T. N. W. Akroyd, M.Sc.(Tech.), LL.B., M.I.C.E., M.I.Struct.E. Consulting Civil and Structural Engineer.
Mr. W. Babington, M.I.Fire.E. Chief Fire Officer, Kent County Council.
Mr. N. E. Back, M.B.E., C.Eng., M.I.Struct.E. District Surveyor, City of London.
Mr. G. H. Barrett, A.R.I.C.S., A.I.A.S. Chief Building Surveyor, Birmingham Corporation.
Mr. A. G. Beckett, A.R.I.B.A., Dip.T.P., A.M.T.P.I. Borough Architect, London Borough of Brent.
Mr. K. W. Dale, F.I.H.V.E., A.M.Inst.F., M.Cons.E., M.A.S.H.R.A.E. Messrs. Dale & Benham, Consulting Engineers.
Mr. H. E. Gilby, Hon. F.R.S.H., Hon. F.A.P.H.A., F.R.I.C.S., F.I.Mun.E., F.I.P.H.E. Engineer, Surveyor and Senior Health Inspector, Hertford R.D.C.
Mr. D. W. Llewellyn, F.I.O.B. Director, Walter Llewellyn and Sons Ltd.
Mr. R. J. Meddings, C.B.E. Town Clerk, Wolverhampton.
Mr. A. M. Nicol, M.A., M.I.C.E. Building Division Marketing Manager, John Laing Construction Limited.
Mr. Geoffrey A. Rowe, Dip.Arch., F.R.I.B.A. Messrs. Abbey and Hanson Rowe and Partners, Architects.
Mr. L. O. Whittaker, B.Sc.(Eng.), C.Eng., F.I.Mech.E., F.I.E.E. Chief Engineer, Fisons Ltd.
Mr. N. S. Williams, C.Eng., F.I.C.E., F.I.Struct.E., A.M.I.W.E. Consulting Engineer.
Mr. A. H. Withers The Administrative Officer, Department of Architecture and Civic Design, Greater London Council.

average increase in council house rents of about 20s. 0d. 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 If subsidies were withdrawn from dwellings under construction on 1st January, 1970, the cost might be equivalent to rent increases in the range 80s. to 110s. a week if applied only to the rents of those dwellings, or in the range 12s. to 16s. a week if pooled over the whole of the authority's housing stock.