§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total sum of money which he has so far approved for loan sanction for the purchase of second-hand and new dwellings, respectively, by local authorities under Circular 70/74; and what is the total number of dwellings in each case.
§ Mr. FreesonThose authorities which have made the returns required by Circular 70/74 report the acquisition up to 30th September of some 6,000 dwellings under the general consent given by the circular at a cost of about £48 million. In addition, individual consents have been given so far this year for about £15 million for the acquisition of some 2,300 659W second-hand dwellings and for about £50 million for the purchase by local authorities of some 5,300 new dwellings.
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT each local authority to which he gave loan sanction between 31st October and 30th November in order to buy unsold dwellings from private developers under Circular 70/74, the number of dwellings approved in each local authority area and the cumulative total in the month.
§ Mr. KaufmanDuring November approvals were recorded for 865 of these dwellings to be acquired by the 36 English local authorities listed below. Applications previously approved to acquire 30 dwellings were recorded as being withdrawn and the net cumulative total at the end of November was 5,287 dwellings.
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Northern Region No. of dwellings Newcastle upon Tyne 55 North Tyneside 23 Yorkshire and Humberside Region Leeds 2 Ryedale 9 East Midland Region Chesterfield 2 Derby 44 Gedling 4 East Anglia Region Peterborough 2 West Norfolk 46 South-East Region Brent 6 Bromley 10 Cherwell 6 Gosport 22 Lewes 9 Mid Bedfordshire 42 Mid Sussex 1 Southampton 77 Thanet 33 Thurrock 90 Tunbridge Wells 5 South West Region Bath 6 Bristol 37 Caradon 10 Gloucester 48 Penwith 10 Purbeck 6 Thamesdown 78 Torridge 20 West Somerset 29
West Midland Region Birmingham … … 8 Dudley … … 18 Lichfield … … 59 Rugby … … 32 Wyre Forest … … 9 North West Region Oldham … … 3 Stockport … … 4