Heathrow (Noise Insulation)

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asked the Secretary of State for Trade how many households in the vicinity of Heathrow qualify for

							January 1975		February 1975		March 1975
							Number	£'000	Number	£'000	Number	£'000
Electric Typewriters:
Total	…	…	…	…	…	…	10,263	1,720	5,864	1,362	6,497	1,372
of which:
Federal Republic of Germany					…	…	5,104	867	2,089	397	4,444	809
Canada		…	…	…	…	…	1,581	289	1,731	338	1,148	215
U.S.A.		…	…	…	…	…	1,493	206	121	105	390	72
Netherlands			…	…	…	…	369	180	160	163	147	143
Other Countries				…	…	…	1,716	178	1,763	359	368	133
Non-Electric Typewriters:
(a) Not exceeding 12 kg.
Total	…	…	…	…	…	…	13,392	319	4,294	109	4,491	88
of which:
Federal Republic of Germany					…	…	4,465	170	1,407	44	665	18
Portugal		…	…	…	…	…	1,781	29	610	10	1,220	21
Spain		…	…	…	…	…	919	20	1,327	30	600	13
Netherlands			…	…	…	…	1,100	23	855	19	300	6
Other Countries				…	…	…	5,127	77	95	6	1,706	30
(b) Exceeding 12 kg.
Total	…	…	…	…	…	…	6,521	516	4,718	397	3,823	318
of which:
Federal Republic of Germany					…	…	5,465	458	3,739	314	3,384	293
Switzerland			…	…	…	…	3	0	545	52	65	7
Poland		…	…	…	…	…	540	28	—	—	347	16
Other Countries				…	…	…	513	30	434	31	27	2

noise insulation grants and what percentage of these lies to the east of the airport.

Exact details are not available. It is, however, estimated that out of approximately 60,000 dwellings which were eligible when the Heathrow scheme first came into force in 1966 about 25,000 remain elegible for grant. It is further estimated that roughly 65 per cent. of these 25,000 dwellings are within the scheme area to the east of the airport.

Volume 892: debated on Friday 23 May 1975