§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has as to the number of empty properties owned by each Welsh district council and the average time they have been empty.
§ Mr. GristThe number of local authority dwellings vacant on 1 April 1988 is given in the following table. Data
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Name Place of residence Appointing authority Asby, Mrs. J. (Chairman) Narbeth, Dyfed Dyfed County Council Douglas W. R. (Vice-Chairman) Tenby, Dyfed South Pembrokeshire District Council Barton, Mrs. C. P. Lampeter, Dyfed Secretary of State for Wales Cawood, J. G. Berea, Haverfordwest Dyfed County Council Evans, M. Ammanford, Dyfed Dyfed County Council Evans, W. G. Haverfordwest, Dyfed Secretary of State for Wales Evans, W. L. Fishguard, Dyfed Dyfed County Council Herbert Prof. D. T. Swansea, West Glamorgan Secretary of State for Wales Jones, H. St. Dogmaels, Cardigan Dyfed County Council Luke, A. C. Goodwick, Dyfed Dyfed County Council Martin, T. R. L. Broad Haven, Haverford west Dyfed County Council Mould, P. Pentane, Fish guard Secretary of State for Wales Parry, C. Frey strop, Haverford west, Dyfed Secretary of State for Wales Parry, N. R. Manor bier, Tenby, Dyfed Dyfed County Council Pratt, R. C. Fish guard, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed Secretary of State for Wales are not held centrally on the average length of time that properties have been empty but the number of these local authority dwellings that had been vacant for more than six months is given.
Local authority vacant dwellings Welsh districts At 1 April 1988 Vacant for more than 6 months Aberconwy 30 0 Alyn and Deeside 49 4 Arfon 43 0 Blaenau Gwent 96 5 Breakneck 0 0 Cardiff 399 27 Carmarthen 11 0 Erudition 46 0 Colwyn 20 0 Cynon Valley 159 76 Daly 50 7 Infer 0 0 Dwyfor 14 1 Glyndwr 154 0 Islwyn 146 22 Llanelli 100 5 Lliw Valley 42 22 Meirionnydd 19 13 Merthyr Tydfil 166 0 Monmouth 64 1 Montgomery shire 46 4 Neath 58 0 Newport 178 41 Ogwr 166 0 Port Talbot/Afan 199 0 Preseli 56 6 Radnor 1 1 Rhondda 59 1 Rhuddlan 15 0 Rhymney Valley 146 0 South Pembrokeshire 11 2 Swansea 118 0 Taff-Ely 70 7 Torfaen 211 40 Vale of Glamorgan 20 1 Wrexham Maelor 328 96 Ynys Mon 75 7 Wales Total (LA) 3,365 389 Source: WHO4 Relts Enquiry.