§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many habitable dwellings will be available in Wales in April 1987; and what was the corresponding figure for April 1985.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonReliable estimates of the numbers of habitable dwellings in April 1985 and April 1987 are not available.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of total expenditure in Wales was represented by capital expenditure on housing in each of the past 10 years; and what was, in real terms, the capital expenditure on housing in Wales for each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe information is estimated to be as follows:
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Net capital public expenditure on housing as a proportion of total net public expenditure within the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Wales Per cent. 1977–78 8.2 1978–79 7.2 1979–80 7.4 1980–81 5.6 1981–82 2.8
Per cent. 1982–83 3.9 1983–84 6.8 1984–85 4.5 1985–86 3.8 11986–87 4.4 1 Estimated Because total public expenditure is measured net of receipts and other income, no account has been taken in the calculation of that element of housing capital expenditure which has been financed by receipts.
Net capital public expenditure on housing in real terms (1985–86 prices) £ million 1977–78 222 1978–79 202 1979–80 211 1980–81 161 1981–82 77 1982–83 109 1983–84 195 1984–85 126 1985–86 105 1986–87 130
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales what information there is as to the proportion of homes in Wales in need of repairs exceeding £7,000 in cost and whether the Welsh housing survey identifies those occupied by pensioners, unemployed persons, single parent families, disabled people and people with low incomes, respectively.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe available information from the "Welsh House Condition Survey 1981" is given in the following table:
Dwellings needing repairs exceeding £7,000 Percentage Wales total 5 Pensioner households 8 Head of household seeking work 6 Head of household permanently sick/disabled 6 No information relating to single-parent families or income was collected in the 1981 survey. When the results are available the analysis in the 1986 survey should, however, make it possible to provide this information for all the sectors requested.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table giving, by quarter since their inception, for Wales the numbers of dwellings insulated under local authorities energy conservation programmes, and the number of dwellings insulated under the homes insulation scheme.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe information is shown in the following table:
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Number of dwellings insulated Local Authority Energy Conservation Programme1 Home Insulation Schemes2 Number of dwellings Number of dwellings 1978–79: 1st quarter 1,759 n.a.
Local Authority Energy Conservation Programme1 Home Insulation Schemes2 Number of dwellings Number of dwellings 2nd quarter 5,007 n.a. 3rd quarter 6,129 5,815 4th quarter 8,134 7,983 Total 1978–79 21,029 n.a. 1979–80: 1st quarter 5,108 4,636 2nd quarter 9,307 2,527 3rd quarter 7,340 5,085 4th quarter 5,245 7,644 Total 1979–80 27,000 19,892 1980–81: 1st quarter 4,213 3,385 2nd quarter 4,119 2,543 3rd quarter 3,089 5,951 4th quarter 3,653 6,632 Total 1980–81 15,074 18,511 1981–82: 1st quarter n.a. 6,192 2nd quarter n.a. 4,656 3rd quarter n.a. 6,751 4th quarter n.a. 7,929 Total 1981–82 n.a. 25,528 1982–83: 1st quarter n.a. 5,915 2nd quarter n.a. 6,969 3rd quarter n.a. 8,139 4th quarter n.a. 9,720 Total 1982–83 n.a. 30,743 1983–84: 1st quarter n.a. 6,571 2nd quarter n.a. 6,078 3rd quarter n.a. 7,005 4th quarter 1,704 4,996 Total 1983–84 n.a. 24,650 1984–85: 1st quarter 176 5,280 2nd quarter 577 3,987 3rd quarter 790 5,560 4th quarter 1,855 6,377 Total 1984–85 3,398 21,204 1985–86: 1st quarter 391 5,065 2nd quarter 1,030 5,084 3rd quarter 718 6,052 4th quarter 2,731 8,647 Total 1985–86 4,870 24,848 1986–87: 1st quarter 545 5,971 2nd quarter 322 4,680 Total two quarters 1986–87 867 10,651 1 The collection of these data was discontinued in 1981–82 and partly reintroduced in 1984. 2 Homes insulation scheme was introduced in September 1978.