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Mr. Winterton
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the value of central grants or loans given to local authorities in Cheshire, particularly the Congleton Borough Council and the Macclesfield Borough Council, for the purpose of improving existing council housing in the last five years for which figures are available.
Mr. Kaufman
The totals of allowable costs approved for Government contribution in respect of improvements to council-owned dwellings in Cheshire and in the boroughs of Congleton and Macclesfield were as follows:
| Cheshire * including Congleton and Macclesfield | Congleton | Macclesfield | |
| £ | £ | £ | |
| 1970 | 417,000 | 75,000 | 9,000 |
| 1971 | 842,000 | 87,000 | 28,000 |
| 1972 | 2,507,000 | 421,000 | 166,000 |
| 1973 | 6,449,000 | 386,000 | 592,000 |
| 1974 | 1,115,000 | 364,000 | 234,000 |