§ Mr. Altonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment, further to his reply to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Edge 225W Hill, on 13 June, if he is aware that Liverpool has already exercised the maximum possible virement and has still had to curtail spending on council assisted mortgages within block 2 of the housing investment programme; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. StanleyI will consider all representations made when I am making revised allocations. Liverpool's block 2 allocation, together with maximum virement, and tolerance, brings the resources available close to the level of its original bid.
INDUSTRIAL HEREDITAMENTS—NORTHERN REGION 1974–79 Year Size group (thousand square metres) New hereditament floorspace (thousand square metres) Corresponding estimate† of number of new hereditaments (number) 1974–75 … 2.5 up to 10 … … 44.2 9 10 and over … … 52.2 2 1975–76 … 2.5 up to 10 … … 99.3 20 10 and over … … 80.0 3 1976–77 … 2.5 up to 10 … … 62.3 12 10 and over … … 425.7 14 1977–78* … 2.5 up to 10 … … 56.5 11 10 and over … … 26.5 1 1978–79* … 2.5 up to 10 … … 40.6 8 10 and over … … 257.2 8 * Provisional. † Estimates from average sizes of hereditaments in opening stocks. Corresponding figures are not available prior to 1974.