§ Mr. Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the value of central grants or loans given to local authorities in Cheshire, particularly the Congleton Borough Council and the Macclesfield Borough Council, for the purpose of improving existing council housing in the last five years for which figures are available.
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§ Mr. KaufmanThe totals of allowable costs approved for Government contribution in respect of improvements to council-owned dwellings in Cheshire and in the boroughs of Congleton and Macclesfield were as follows:
Cheshire * including Congleton and Macclesfield Congleton Macclesfield £ £ £ 1970 417,000 75,000 9,000 1971 842,000 87,000 28,000 1972 2,507,000 421,000 166,000 1973 6,449,000 386,000 592,000 1974 1,115,000 364,000 234,000 * Figures for 1970 to 1973 are for Cheshire as constituted prior to local government reorganisation in April 1974.