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Mr. Frank Allaun
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what is the number of houses in which baths, hot water and inside lavatories have been installed with standard improvement grants in the last 12 months to a convenient date; how many of these were houses owned by owner-occupiers and
| STANDARD GRANTS: ENGLAND AND WALES | ||||||||
| Period | Local authority dwellings* | Private dwellings† | ||||||
| Bath or showers | Hot water supplies | Water closets | Bath or showers | Hot water supplies | Water closets | |||
| 1962 | … | … | 2,114 | 14,850 | 2,379 | 30,271 | 33,743 | 29,584 |
| 1963 | … | … | 1,393 | 14,047 | 2,272 | 34,048 | 35,317 | 36,976 |
| 1964 | … | … | 1,878 | 12,738 | 3,488 | 39,448 | 41,135 | 44,684 |
| 1965 | … | … | 2,024 | 20,548 | 5,401 | 37,690 | 40,916 | 43,333 |
| * Numbers in applications approved. | ||||||||
| † Numbers where works completed. It is not known how many of the dwellings in which these installations were made were owner-occupied or let. Of all standard grants to private owners in each of the four years 69 per cent., 70 per cent., 68 per cent. and 67 per cent. respectively were for owner-occupied houses. | ||||||||