§ Mr. Rowlandsasked the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the answer of 12 December, whether he will list those local authorities which have suspended improvement grants; and how many applications are outstanding in each of these authorities.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsAs I said in my reply to the hon. Gentleman on 12 December, it is not yet possible to break down the number of applications outstanding between individual authorities. The number of local authorities which have suspended discretionary grants now stands at 33. These are as follows:
- Aberconwy
- Afan
- Alyn and Deeside
- Arfon
- Blaenau Gwent
- Brecknock
- Carmarthen
- Ceredigion
- Cynon Valley
- Delyn
- Dinefwr
- Dwyfor
- Glyndwr
- Islwyn
- Llanelli
- Lliw Valley
- Merionydd
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Monmouth
- Montgomery
- Neath
- Ogwr
- Preseli
- Radnor
- Rhondda
- Rhuddlan
- Rhymney Valley
- Swansea
- Taff Ely
- Tarfaen
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Wrexham Maelor
- Ynys Mon