HC Deb 11 March 1977 vol 927 cc703-5W
Mr. Richard Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what amount he has approved for local authority mortgage advances for each district council in Yorkshire and Hum-

Mortgage Lending Allocations Reported Mortgage Advance
Authority 1977–78 combined 1977–78 direct only 1976–77 1975–76 1974–75
£ £ £ £ £
Beverley … … … 442,000 137,000 341,700 430,720 678,060
Boothferry … … … 27,000 27,000 22,950 71,163 20,061
Cleethorpes … … … 591,000 184,000 467,500 552,799 1,190,970
Glanford … … … 100,000 100,000 85,000 107,450 156,872
Grimsby … … … 252,000 252,000 214,200 371,590 361,705
Holderness … … … 65,000 65,000 55,250 Nil 7,210
Kingston … … … 588,000 183,000 464,950 676,506 998,233
North Wolds … … … 25,000 25,000 21,250 No returns made
Scunthorpe … … … 245,000 245,000 208,250 312,745 415,223
Craven … … … 65,000 65,000 55,250 39,305 64,995
Hambleton … … … 196,000 196,000 102,850 124,412 28,670
Harrogate … … … 461,000 143,000 357,000 420,085 765,680
Richmond … … … 75,000 75,000 21,250 116,340 No returns made
Ryedale … … … 267,000 267,000 226,950 82,185 61,470
Scarborough … … … 78,000 78,000 66,300 103,845 33,000
Selby … … … 182,000 182,000 154,700 141,015 166,685
York … … … 954,000 296,000 776,050 1,143,718 2,017,927
Barnsley … … … 546,000 170,000 413,100 1,431,050 351,420
Doncaster … … … 579,000 180,000 458,150 1,152,185 980,405
Rotherham … … … 689,000 214,000 550,800 809,733 1,379,654
Sheffield … … … 2,401,000 744,000 2,006,850 3,635,843 5,111,192
City of Bradford … … … 2,819,000 874,000 2,362,150 2,686,510 2,134,074
Calderdale … … … 671,000 208,000 450,500 870,074 947,173
Kirklees … … … 1,356,000 421,000 1,117,750 1,915,308 3,222,500
Leeds … … … 1,426,000 442,000 1,177,250 2,803,480 2,292,621
Wakefield … … … 1,462,000 454,000 1,207,850 1,573,152 1,260,710

berside; and what amounts were approved for each district council in each of the past three years.

Mr. Freeson

Local authority lending for house purchase was not subject to expenditure limits during 1974–75 and 1975–76, except that, in June 1975, local authorities were required to restrict lending in that year to 50 per cent. of expenditure in 1974–75. By then, however, many local authorities had already exceeded the new limits.

The following table shows actual expenditure on house purchase loans made to district councils in Yorkshire and Humberside during 1974–75 and 1975–76, where this has been reported by local authorities, and the allocations made by the Department for 1976–77 and 1977–78. The allocations for 1977–78 are shown as a combination of direct lending and building society replacement lending, and, separately, the amount included for direct lending. The allocations for direct lending in 1977–78 include provision for house improvement loans which have not previously been within the controlled category of expenditure.