§ Mr. Nicholas Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is estimated to be the weekly subsidy on a £10,000 council house at current rent.
§ Mr. John MorrisIt is estimated that loan charges on a newly-built local authority dwelling costing £10,000 will generally attract subsidy of £660 per annum or £12.70 per week, irrespective of rent paid. Other elements of subsidy also contribute to the cost of each dwelling, as well as rent and rates, but amounts vary according to circumstances.
§ Mr. Nicholas Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what was the total sum of money advanced and the number of advances made by local authorities in Wales for the purchase of dwellings during the first six months of 1975:
Starts Completion Under Construction Public Private Public Private Public Private January … … 430 426 392 644 8,850 12,942 February … … 460 323 393 505 8,917 12,760 March … … 1,187 496 943 1,147 9,161 12,109 April … … 1,321 812 976 993 9,506 11,928 May … … 914 563 571 541 9,849 11,950 June … … 504 708 544 571 9,809 12,087 July … … 718 774 881 924 9,646 11,937 August … … 598 558 533 617 9,711 11,878
§ Mr. Nicholas Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the latest estimate of total public expenditure on housing in Wales in each year since 1970 at current prices and at constant 1974 survey prices; and what is the estimated expenditure for the current financial year.
§ Mr. John MorrisDetails of public expenditure on housing in Wales in the years 1969–70 to 1973–74 at 1974 Survey prices, with estimates of expenditure from 1974–75 to 1978–79, are contained in Table 2.19 of the White Paper "Public Expenditure to 1978–79" (Cmnd. 5879).
Actual expenditure for the years 1970–71 and 1971–72 at outturn prices is detailed in Table 7.04 of the Digest of Welsh Statistics No. 20 1974, and for 1972–73 and 1973–74 in Appendix IV of Welsh Economic Trends No. 2 1975. Expenditure figures on housing in 1974–75 at outturn prices are not yet available.
690W(2) what was the total sum of money advanced and the total number of advances made by local authorities in Wales for conversion, repairs, improvements and other housing alterations during the first six months of 1975.
§ Mr. John MorrisIn the first six months of 1975 local authorities advanced £16.2 million for the purchase of 3,512 dwellings and £1.49 million for conversions, repairs, improvements and other alterations in respect of 1,199 dwellings.
These figures do not include advances to Housing Associations.
§ Mr. Nicholas Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing housing starts, completions and numbers under construction, in each of the public and private sectors, for each month since January 1975 to the latest available date.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe information requested is set out in the table below: