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Written Answers To Questions
Friday, 2nd May, 1952
Requisitioned Properties, London
Mr. Iain MacLeod
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government how many residential properties are held on requisition by each metropolitan borough council; and the cost to the Exchequer of these properties in the latest convenient year.
Mr. H. Macmillan
The information requested has been collated from returns received from the local authorities and is as follows:
| Metropolitan Borough Council | Number of properties held on requisition at 31st December, 1951 | Estimated net cost to the Exchequer during the 12 months ended 31st December, 1951 |
| £ | ||
| City of London | 31 | 2,699 |
| Battersea | 1,923 | 67,389 |
| Bermondsey | 246 | 13,130 |
| Bethnal Green | 370 | 22,836 |
| Camberwell | 3,151 | 139,714 |
| Chelsea | 588 | 153,474 |
| Deptford | 1,444 | 54,152 |
| Finsbury | 473 | 24,658 |
| Fulham | 957 | 109,402 |
| Greenwich | 1,015 | 65,899 |
| Hackney | 1,962 | 140,866 |
| Hammersmith | 961 | 40,028 |
| Hampstead | 471 | 76,262 |
| Holborn | 539 | 73,293 |
| Islington | 1,436 | 94,104 |
| Kensington | 930 | 134,362 |
| Lambeth | 2,571 | 161,644 |
| Lewisham | 2,660 | 154,503 |
| Paddington | 808 | 280,958 |
| Poplar | 973 | 48,138 |
| St. Marylebone | 593 | 90,650 |
| St. Pancras | 892 | 85,843 |
| Shoreditch | 760 | 68,470 |
| Southwark | 810 | 12,726 |
| Stepney | 1,863 | 116,438 |
| Stoke Newington | 680 | 73,978 |
| Wandsworth | 6,637 | 305,756 |
| Westminster | 873 | 260,409 |
| Woolwich | 802 | 39,972 |
| TOTALS | 37,419 | 2,911,753 |