HC Deb 03 July 1972 vol 840 cc29-30W
Mr. Thomas Cox

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the estimated number of houses which will be demolished in the Greater London Council area under the road improvement proposals, now under consideration by the Greater London Council and his Department.

Mr. Speed

A detailed estimate is not possible because many of the schemes under consideration are not yet in a sufficiently detailed state of design. The Greater London Council however, in co-operation with the Department, has estimated broadly that the number of dwellings expected to be demolished up to 1981 in consequence of Greater London Council and Department of the Environment road proposals is unlikely to exceed 1,000 per annum.

Mr. Thomas Cox

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the estimated number of houses which have been demolished in the Greater London Council area during the last five years as a result of motorway developments

Mr. Speed

Three hundred and forty-one, including flats.