§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will set out the sums allocated for home loans to each of the London borough councils and the Greater London Council for 1975–76 and 1976–77 compared with the actual figure of loans made during 1974–75.
§ Mr. FreesonAdvances in 1974–75 to private persons for house purchase reported by these authorities and their allocations for 1976–77 are given below. In 1975–76 allocations made to individual local authorities were limited to 50 per cent. of the amounts they advanced during 1974–75.
ADVANCES TO PRIVATE PERSONS FOR HOUSE PURCHASE £ thousand Advances reported 1974–75 Allocation 1976–77 Greater London Council 109,651 52,000 City of London 0 0 Barking 1,764 826 Barnet 3,968 1,549 Bexley 3,518 1,383 Brent 9,464 3,296 Bromley 3,365 1,013 Camden 4,087 1,294 Croydon 5,687 2,575 Ealing 978 531 Enfield 1,123 527 Greenwich 10,248 4,091 Hackney 3,874 1,817 Hammersmith 2,678 961 Haringey 8,625 2,714 Harrow 1,286 568 Havering 5,889 2,410 Hillingdon 9,940 4,059 Hounslow 579 343 Islington 1,284 541 Kensington and Chelsea 3,392 1,243 Kingston upon Thames 1,672 813 Lambeth 1,202 586 Lewisham 2,367 977 Merton 6,934 2,617 Newham 4,060 1,241 Redbridge 12,225 3,968 Richmond-upon-Thames 526 366 Southwark 1,788 784 Sutton 2,336 975 Tower Hamlets 14 116 Waltham Forest 2,093 703 Wandsworth 1,612 648 Westminster 4,265 1,310