§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many people are awaiting accommodation on Welsh council house waiting lists at the latest date for which 620W figures are available; what special measures he is considering to solve the waiting list problems; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonInformation on local authority waiting lists for housing is not held centrally.
§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how how much money is currently held back from use in Wales through housing capital receipts limitations; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonNo money is currently held back from use in Wales through housing capital receipts limitations. Authorities are free to use the cash from the sale of assets as they wish, the main ways being to redeem debt or to finance expenditure directly, in lieu of borrowing.
Authorities are also able to use a prescribed proportion of the value of their accumulated receipts to increase their spending power each year. At the start of 1985–86 accumulated housing receipts are estimated to have been £218 million. About £45 million of this was available to authorities to increase their spending power in 1985–86 together with a further £13 million of receipts received during the year. Although many local authorities have not made full use of this spending power, any unused balance is available to increase spending power in future years.
§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many council houses have been sold in Wales since first being made available for purchase.
§ Mr. Mark Robinson60,748 council dwellings have been sold since 1967; comparable information for earlier years is not readily available.
§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the capital expenditure on housing in Wales each year (a) in cash terms and (b) in real terms from 1979–80 to 1986–87, inclusive.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonTotals for gross capital expenditure on housing in Wales in the period 1979–80 to 1986–87 are given in the following table:
621W
Cash terms £million real terms (1984–85 prices) 1979–80* 152.7 232.2 1980–81* 145.5 186.3 1981–82* 131.6 153.2 1982–83* 191.9 208.7 1983–84* 268.6 279.7
Cash terms £million real terms (1984–85 prices) 1984–85* 217.2 217.2 1985–86† 187.0 176.4 1986–87‡ 201.1 182.9 * Outturn. † Provisional outturn. ‡ Provision.
District Health Authority 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85* Clwyd 19,552 20,457 22,393 67,232 94,283 East Dyfed† 114,620 33,579 56,400 115,747 163,055 Pembrokeshire† — — 72,617 89,299 156,501 Gwent 30,205 48,970 77,013 104,112 303,106 Gwynedd 23,057 37,890 60,801 — 109,000 Mid Glamorgan 77,461 84,671 163,007 56,206 67,822 Powys 8,100 — 44,922 50,676 124,662 South Glamorgan 155,624 342,294 544,283 704,796 463,051 West Glamorgan 55,017 81,080 45,924 37,119 141,925 Wales 483,636 648,941 1.087,360 1,225,187 1,623,405 Source: Annual accounts of district health authorities.
* 1984–85 is the latest year for which accounts are available.
† Prior to 1982 East Dyfed and Pembrokeshire were combined under the Dyfed health authority.