§ Mr. Sheldonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimate he has made of the amount of bridging grant to be paid to each building society; when the grants will be paid; and in how many instalments.
Percentage of dwellings in greats aproved Number of dwellings in greats approved London County boroughs Non-county boroughs Urban districts Rural districts 1969 (4th quarters) 13,241 9.7 25.0 12.5 20.1 32.5 1970 87,398 13.1 27.6 14.6 19.0 25.5 1971 137,608 14.4 29.3 14.6 17.9 23.7 1972 260,007 9.1 31.3 15.5 22.4 21.6 A small number of grants to county councils cannot be allocated to local authority areas.
§ Mr. Tilneyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will circularise local authorities, pointing out to them that if applications for housing improvement grants have not been processed by the due date the recipients of grant will not be eligible for grant at the present rate, and advising them to complete the processing by the due date.
§ Mr. ChannonIt is the date of completing of works, not the date of approval of grant, which counts. I have already asked local authorities, in circular 30/73, to warn grant applicants in assisted areas that it will be necessary for them to satisfy the authority that works are completed before 23rd June 1974 in order to qualify for the 75 per cent. grants.
§ Mr. Hicksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the improvements that qualify for assistance
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§ Mr. ChannonThe amount of bridging grant payable to each building society will depend upon whether the building society qualifies for the grant in relation to the terms announced on 5th April. The detailed arrangements for the administration of the grant are the subject of current discussions with building society representatives.