§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many people are on waiting lists for council accommodation in each of the local authority areas in Wales.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many council-owned houses have been sold by each local authority in Wales in each year since 1980.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe number of council-owned houses sold by each local authority in Wales in each year since 1980 is shown in the following table:
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Local authority dwellings sold 1980 to 1985 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Clwyd Alyn and Deeside 298 200 191 78 68 79 Colwyn 89 82 86 68 56 64 Delyn 384 298 326 88 66 64 Glyndwr — 160 272 170 79 56 Rhuddlan — 80 154 143 64 34 Wrexham Maelor — 297 654 207 129 163 Dyfed Carmarthen 28 290 198 109 103 76 Ceredigion 85 123 320 129 94 72 Dinefwr — 46 204 61 55 55 Llanelli — 546 507 447 341 238 Preseli 3 383 451 167 128 109 South Pembrokeshire 74 61 140 150 63 48 Gwent Blaenau Gwent — 261 340 201 100 99 Islwyn — 237 1,034 689 230 188 Monmouth 308 191 252 207 153 158 Newport 70 509 572 423 312 389 Torfaen — 497 461 382 303 221 Gwynedd Aberconwy — 182 419 207 94 88 Arfon — 294 202 142 82 77 Dwyfor — 41 107 48 20 29 Meirionnydd — 32 266 141 54 64 Ynys Môn — 192 307 118 58 94 Mid Glamorgan Cynon Valley — 122 405 120 97 76 Merthyr Tydfil — 127 510 198 108 153 Ogwr — 213 1,074 545 307 374 Rhondda — 102 82 34 26 50 Rhymney Valley 1 262 954 432 275 201 Taff-Ely 35 289 531 447 294 286 Powys Brecknock — 307 204 123 117 100 Montgomery — 292 299 120 83 69 Radnor — 63 139 88 50 35 South Glamorgan Cardiff 16 293 1,448 837 567 630 Vale of Glamorgan 391 375 418 330 225 223 West Glamorgan Afan (Port Talbot) 23 140 417 595 349 308 Lliw Valley — 194 482 144 83 124 Neath — 439 459 167 120 129 Swansea 37 274 422 289 139 213 Wales Total (Local authority) 1,842 8,494 15,307 8,844 5,492 5,436 Cwmbran 305 327 1,123 488 332 276 Newtown — 12 13 27 9 11 Wales Total (All) 2,147 8,833 16,443 9,359 5,833 5,723
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many houses are owned by each local authority in Wales.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe number of houses owned by each local authority in Wales at 1 April 1985, is given in the following table:
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Local Authority Stock Total Dwellings Aberconwy 3,277 Alyn and Deeside 5,624 Arfon 5,358 Blaenau Gwent 11,147 417W
Local Authority Stock Total Dwellings Brecknock 3,173 Cardiff 22,874 Carmarthen 3,779 Ceredigion 3,882 Colwyn 2,939 Cynon Valley 5,735 Delyn 5,183 Dinefwr 2,846 Dwyfor 1,51 Glyndŵr 3,334 Islwyn 7,024 Llanelli 7,721
Local Authority Stock Total Dwellings Lliw Valley 5,536 Meirionnydd 2,320 Merthyr Tydfil 7,695 Monmouth 5,452 Montgomery 3,287 Neath 6,544 Newport 14,340 Ogwr 11,141 Port Talbot 7,381 Preseli 6,283 Radnor 1,298 Rhondda 5,159 Rhuddlan 2,897 Rhymney Valley 11,089 South Pembrokeshire 3,166 Swansea 19,048 418W
Local Authority Housebuilding: Completions 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Clwyd: Alyn and Deeside 32 52 50 86 39 30 Colwyn 109 81 — 50 24 — Delyn 39 10 7 — — — Glyndwr 13 114 43 23 4 — Rhuddlan 57 25 37 40 59 24 Wrexham Maelor 42 113 69 62 61 66 Dyfed: Carmarthen 66 55 61 132 46 28 Ceredigion 48 113 86 — 165 — Dinefwr 54 52 2 22 55 16 Llanelli 34 78 26 42 — 67 Presli 62 3 16 — — — South Pembrokeshire 65 — — 6 1 20 Gwent: Blaenau Gwent 331 366 67 — 30 48 Islwyn 26 119 44 25 64 21 Monmouth 93 6 80 71 59 107 Newport 85 285 172 43 169 67 Torfaen 155 43 48 83 38 31 Gwynedd: Aberconwy — 123 — 38 — 20 Arfon 31 19 46 4 28 9 Dwyfor 30 27 6 5 — 9 Meirionnydd 54 51 16 33 12 — Ynys Mon 198 81 59 41 84 18 Mid Glamorgan: Cynon Valley 40 — 14 — 40 — Merthyr Tydfil 217 154 12 7 9 — Ogwr 131 201 79 9 60 139 Rhondda 161 115 27 — — — Rhymney Valley 169 160 57 73 79 30 Taff-Ely 226 110 62 85 90 — Powys: Brecknock 49 — 30 24 14 12 Montgomeryshire 47 41 11 15 41 — Radnor 30 20 20 — 69 10 South Glamorgan: Cardiff 443 367 240 310 344 107 Vale of Glamorgan 69 124 49 24 20 18 West Glamorgan: Port Talbot — 24 — — — — Lliw Valley 124 132 91 90 111 22 Neath 56 43 18 71 76 16 Swansea 107 63 126 29 105 57 Cwmbran 158 102 89 169 93 81
Local Authority Stock Total Dwellings Taff-Ely 9,199 Torfaen 8,503 Vale of Glamorgan 7,203 Wrexham Maelor 16,951 Ynys Môn 6,180 Wales 256,078 SourceHousing Investment Programme returns.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many houses have been built by each local authority in Wales in each year since 1980.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe number of houses built by each local authority in Wales in each year since 1980 is shown in the following table:
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1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Newtown 51 58 15 26 62 — Wales Total 3,702 3,530 1,875 1,738 2,151 1,073
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many houses have been bought from the private sector to enable them to be let to council tenants by each local authority in Wales since 1980.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe number of houses acquired by each local authority in Wales since 1980 is shown in the following table. It is not known what proportion of these have been bought from the private sector, or the number which will subsequently be let to council tenants.
Numbers of dwellings acquired 1980–85 Welsh Districts Numbers Aberconwy 12 Alyn and Deeside 3 Arfon 29 Blaenau Gwent 1 Brecknock — Cardiff 10 Carmarthen 40 Ceredigion 14 Colwyn — Cynon Valley — Delyn 1 Dinefwr 4 Dwyfor 19 Glyndŵr — Islwyn 11 Llanelli — Lliw Valley 2 Meirionnydd 24 Merthyr Tydfil — Monmouth — Montgomeryshire — Neath 37 Newport 17 Ogwr — Port Talbot (Afan) 1 Preseli 7 Radnor — Rhondda 3 Rhuddlan 1 Rhymney Valley — South Pembrokeshire 1 Swansea 13 Taff-Ely 14 Torfaen 18 Vale of Glamorgan 1 Wrexham Maelor 22 Ynys Môn 20 Wales Total 325
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many homes within each of the local authorities in Wales are second houses or holiday homes; and what percentage they represent of the housing stock.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe number of second and holiday homes in each local authority area, as recorded by the 1981 "Census of Population", is given in the following table:
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Second and holiday homes as a percentage of total housing stock Authority Second and holiday homes Total as a percentage of stock Aberconwy 1,913 8.5 Alyn and Deeside 62 0.2 Arfon 993 4.5 Blaenau Gwent 43 0.1 Brecknock 496 3.1 Cardiff 51 0 Carmarthen 547 2.7 Ceredigion 1,915 7.5 Colwyn 777 3.6 Cynon Valley 36 0.1 Delyn 335 1.4 Dinefwr 263 1.8 Dwyfor 2,579 19.6 Glyndŵr 723 4.4 Islwyn 18 0.1 Llanelli 76 0.3 Lliw Valley 35 0.1 Meirionnydd 3,023 18.6 Merthyr Tydfil 18 0.1 Monmouth 214 0.8 Montgomery 907 4.6 Neath 31 0.1 Newport 35 0.1 Ogwr 155 0.3 Port Talbot 12 0.1 Preseli 1,686 6.1 Radnor 396 4.4 Rhondda 16 0.1 Rhuddlan 783 3.6 Rhymney Valley 31 0.1 South Pembrokeshire 1,612 9.8 Swansea 618 0.9 Taff-Ely 18 0.1 Torfaen 35 0.1 Vale of Glamorgan 47 0.1 Wrexham Maelor 119 0.3 Ynys Môn 1,997 7.2 Wales Total 22,615 2.1