§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total cost of subsidies paid to private owners under the terms of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1924, in each of the last five years, and the total paid to private owners of such subsidised houses in the Rother Valley constituency during those years.
§ Mr. AmeryThe figures are as follows:
Total cost of subsidies £ Total paid to private owners in the Rother Valley constituency £ 1965–66 … … 85,571 4,688 1966–67 … … 77,995 4,688 1967–68 … … 69,028 4,688 1968–69 … … 61,540 4,688 1969–70 … … 58,889 4,688
§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many houses in the Rother Valley constituency qualified for subsidy to private landlords under the provisions of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1924.
§ Mr. Amery651 houses originally qualified for subsidy but 26 have since been sold and no longer qualify.
§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the number of privately owned tenanted houses for which subsidies were paid out of public funds under the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1924, between 1960 and 1970.
§ Mr. AmeryThe number are as follows:
1960–61 … … 11,514 1961–62 … … 11,424 1962–63 … … 11,322 1963–64 … … 11,188 1964–65 … … 11,053 1965–66 … … 10,889 1966–67 … … 9,782 1967–68 … … 8,847 1968–69 … … 8,033 1969–70 … … 7,699
§ Mr. Moyleasked the Secretary of of State for the Environment how much has been paid each year since 1965 by central government to the London 342W Borough of Lewisham in the form of housing subsidies.
§ Mr. AmeryThe figures are as follows:
1965–66 … … £297,585 1966–67 … … £334,445 1967–68 … … £374,460 1968–69 … … £413,541 1969–70 … … £469,868 1970–71 … … £565,544 (estimated)