§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many houses are available for rent in (a) the public sector and (b) the private sector, in each district authority area in Wales; and what were the corresponding figures for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many houses in (a) the private sector and (b) the public sector in each district authority area in Wales are unfit, or in a serious state of disrepair; and what proportion of the houses in each sector this number represents.
§ Mr. GristReliable estimates of unfitness and disrepair in each local authority district will not be available until the results of the 1986 Welsh house condition survey are published.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many more homes than households there are in each district authority area in Wales.
§ Mr. GristThe following table shows how many more dwellings than households there were in Wales on a country basis, as at June 1986:
Number Clwyd 7,000 Dyfed 9,000 Gwent 7,000 Gwynedd 15,000 Mid Glamorgan 8,000 Powys 4,000 South Glamorgan 1,000 West Glamorgan 5,000 Similar estimates are not available at a local authority district level.
These figures are not directly comparable with statistics given to the hon. Member by my hon. Friend on 22 January, at column 683.The statistics in the reply to the hon. Gentleman's earlier question omitted concealed households—namely, married couples and lone parents living within a household headed by another person. Comparable figures which include concealed households are as follows:—
Dwellings minus households Number 1979 27,000 1980 27,000 1981 46,000 1982 51,000 1983 55,000 1984 56,000 1985 57,000 1986 56,000