§ Mr. Sydney Chapmanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many general improvement areas have now been designated; and if he will publish a table in the OFFICIAL REPORT showing the number of such areas in each county borough and in each London borough.
§ Mr. Channon570 general improvement areas have been declared under the Housing Act 1969. The number of such areas in each county borough and in each London borough are as follows:
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County Boroughs No. of G.I.A.s Barrow in Furness 1 Bath 2 Birkenhead 5 Birmingham 9 Blackburn 16 Bolton 4 Bournemouth 1 Bradford 5 Brighton 2 Bristol 3 Burnley 1 Bury 3 Coventry 2 Darlington 3 Derby 2
Doncaster 2 Dudley 1 Eastbourne 1 Exeter 1 Gateshead 6 Gloucester 2 Grimsby 1 Halifax 3 Hartlepool 3 Hastings 1 Huddersfield 1 Kingston upon Hull 5 Leeds 1 Leicester 2 Lincoln 1 Liverpool 11 Luton 2 Manchester 3 Newcastle upon Tyne 20 Northampton 1 Norwich 3 Nottingham 4 Oldham 1 Plymouth 5 Portsmouth 2 Preston 1 Reading 1 Rochdale 8 Rotherham 1 St. Helens 1 Sheffield 8 Southampton 1 Stockport 5 Stoke on Trent 4 Sunderland 1 Teesside 7 Torbay 1 Tynemouth 3 Walsall 1 Warley 3 Warrington 1 West Bromwich 1 Wolverhampton 3 York 2
London Boroughs No. of G.I.A.s Barking 3 Brent 2 Bromley 1 Camden 11 Enfield 1 G.L.C 1 Greenwich 1 Hackney 3 Hammersmith 2 Haringey 6 Havering 1 Hounslow 2 Kensington and Chelsea 1 Kingston upon Thames 2 Lambeth 2 Lewisham 3 Merton 1 Newham 1 Redbridge 1 Southwark 1 Tower Hamlets 1 Waltham Forest 2 Wandsworth 2 Westminster 3