§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many operatives and professional, clerical and administrative staff were employed in local authority direct labour building departments in April 1978 on (a) new housing, (b) other new work (c) housing repairs and maintenance and (d) new housing repairs and maintenance.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThis information is as follows:
OPERATIVES EMPLOYED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES ON CONSTRUCTION WORK, GREAT BRITAIN, APRIL 1978 New work: Housing 10,139 Non-housing 10,773 Repairs and maintenance: Housing 73,592 Non-housing 68,271 All operatives 162,775 Local authorities employed 85,459 administrative, professional, technical and clerical staff on the design, management and control of construction work which may be carried out either by direct labour or by contractors.
§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) whether he will list the local authorities which have received loan sanction to build dwellings by direct labour since 21 July 1978, naming the scheme in each case, the gross tender price and the number of dwellings involved;
(2) whether any local authorities have received loan sanction since 21 July 1978 to build dwellings for sale by direct labour, and, if so, whether he will name the scheme in each case, the gross tender price and the number of dwellings involved.
Mr. Geoffrey FinsburgInformation available to the Department from 21 July 1978 to 25 June 1979 follows. None of
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the schemes listed contained dwellings for sales.
DIRECT LABOUR HOUSING SCHEMES—ENGLAND: 21 JULY 1978 TO 25 JUNE 1979 Local Authority Name of scheme Tender price Number of dwellings £ Darlington … … Hargreave Terrace … … … 1,257,000 121 Derwentside … … Dipton … … … … … 293,000 33 Durham … … … Hill View and Fair View … … … 159,000 12 Gateshead … … Windy Look, Phase II … … … 1,053,000 85 Thames Street … … … … 414,000 38 South Tyneside … … Stanhope Road … … … … 363,000 28 Salem Street, Phase III … … … 294,000 20 Kingston Upon Hull … Park Street, Clarendon Street … … 951,000 100 Sheffield … … … Spinkhill Avenue, Phase II … … 530,000 58 Derby … … … Sinfin Moor, Phase 6A … … … 502,000 55 Kettering … … … Highfield Road, Phase VI … … 631,000 59 Lincoln … … … Occupation Road … … … … 42,000 4 Good Lane … … … … … 46,000 4 Colchester … … Heather Close … … … … 110,000 10 Shrub End Road … … … … 346,000 33 Harlow … … … Chapelfields … … … … 206,000 15 Brent … … … Barry Road, Stage 2 … … … 509,000 35 Hackney … … … 92–116 Richmond Road … … … 254,000 15 Reading … … … Orts Road, Phase III … … … 450,000 33 Sandwell … … … Tantany West Bromwich … … 161,000 16 Walsall … … … Woodsbank Terrace … … … 352,000 34 Burnley … … … Marles Street … … … … 273,000 24 Butler Street … … … … 119,000 10 Manchester … … Acroyd Street, Openshaw … … 1,566,000 132 Grover Lane … … … … 247,000 21 Copson Street … … … … 746,000 66 Halliwell Lane … … … … 4,530,000 402 Albert Grove … … … … 1,192,000 95 Brownley Road, Wythenshawe … … 217,000 20 Kenyon Lane … … … … 537,000 56 St. Helens … … Westfield, Phase 2 … … … 404,000 31