§ Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will list for each of the years 1960–70 the annual amounts of subsidies for housebuilding received by Nuneaton Borough Council and Bedworth Urban District Council.
§ Mr. Greenwood:
Nuneaton Borough Council Bedworth Urban District Council £ £ 1959–60 … … 101,987 45,629 1960–61 … … 101,592 45,776 1961–62 … … 93,426 43,660 1962–63 … … 96,709 47,001 1963–64 … … 103,006 42,616 1964–65 … … 99,462 47,531 1965–66 … … 100,121 49,352 1966–67 … … 107,381 50,909 1967–68 … … 129,311 57,802 1968–69 … … 143,762 69,234 1969–70 … … 141,569 69,555
§ Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what is his estimate of the average weekly increase in council house rents needed for existing dwellings in shillings, on the basis that housing subsidies to Nuneaton Borough Council and Bedworth Urban District Council are abolished, excepting old people's accommodation; and what is the estimated weekly increase needed to offset the subsidy on dwellings under construction at 1st January, 1970.
§ Mr. Greenwood:In the light of the information provided by the council I estimate that the cost to Nuneaton Borough Council of abolishing housing 401W subsidies for existing dwellings, excepting old people's accommodation, would, in 1969–70, have been equivalent to an average increase in council house rents of about 10s. a week in a 52-week rent year. The council had no houses other than those for old people under construction on 1st January, 1970.
I estimate that the cost to Bedworth Urban District Council of abolishing housing subsidies for existing dwellings, excepting old people's accommodation, would, in 196–70, have been equivalent to an average increase in council house rents of about 8s. a week in a 52-week rent year. If subsidies were withdrawn from dwellings under construction on 1st January, 1970, the cost might have been equivalent to rent increases in the range 50s. to 65s. a week if applied only to the rents of those dwellings, or about ls. a week if pooled over the whole of the authority's housing stock.
§ Mr. William Priceasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will give an estimate of the average weekly increase in council house rents needed for existing dwellings in shillings and pence, on the basis of the abolition of housing subsidies to Worksop Borough Council, Worksop Rural District Council, Retford Borough Council, Retford Rural District Council, Bingham Rural District Council, Carlton Urban District Council and Arnold Urban District Council, respectively, all in Nottinghamshire, excepting for old people's accommodation.
§ Mr. Greenwood:In the light of information provided by the councils, I estimate that the cost of abolishing housing subsidies for existing dwellings, excepting old people's accommodation, would, in 1969–70, have been equivalent to average increases in council house rents of the order shown in the following table.
Authority Average Weekly Increase East Retford B. … … 8s. Worksop B. … … 12s. Arnold U.D.C. … … 7s. Carlton U.D.C. … … 6s. Bingham R.D.C. … … 9s. East Retford R.D.C. … … 13s. Worksop R.D.C. … … 13s.