§ Mr. WigleyTo ask 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. GristThe numbers of vacant local authority dwellings available for letting are given for 1987 to 1990 in the table. Similar information is not available in respect of housing association or private sector dwellings. For the corresponding figures for years 1979 to 1986, I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply I gave him on 22 July 1987.
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Local authority dwellings available for rent Local authority dwellings vacant and available for letting, at 1 April 11987 1988 1989 21990 Aberconwy 6 16 7 20 Alyn and Deeside 8 7 — 12 Arfon — 27 20 — Blaenau Gwent — 12 6 8 Brecknock 12 — — — Cardiff 85 116 91 115 Carmarthen 4 5 4 2 Ceredigion 9 5 2 7 Colwyn — 7 6 15 Cynon Valley 19 20 32 10 Delyn 15 — 3 4 Dinefwr — — — 13
Local authority dwellings vacant and available for letting, at 1 April 11987 1988 1989 21990 Dwyfor — 6 4 3 Glyndwr 8 10 12 14 Islwyn 16 21 3 8 Llanelli 10 71 49 55 Lliw Valley 6 3 4 3 Meirionnydd 2 3 — — Merthyr Tydfil 10 15 10 20 Monmouth 20 17 23 36 Montgomeryshire 24 22 40 26 Neath 22 20 28 24 Newport 130 78 50 48 Ogwr 32 24 31 3 Port Talbot 25 19 10 50 Preseli Pembrokeshire 14 7 5 4 Radnorshire 9 1 6 9 Rhondda 20 21 23 22 Rhuddlan 15 15 9 28 Rhymney Valley 14 84 11 14 South Pembrokeshire 4 4 4 — Swansea 47 91 100 110 Taff-Ely 8 4 5 7 Torfaen 39 44 23 48 Vale of Glamorgan 1 2 4 — Wrexham Maelor 49 93 93 32 Ynys Mon 7 26 50 24 Wales 690 916 768 794 1 Revised. 2 Provisional.
§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what funds he has allocated for 1990–91, and what allocations have been earmarked for future years, towards new housing and refurbishment of existing houses, by county and for Wales as a whole.
§ Mr. GristFor 1990–91, my right hon. Friend announced housing capital distribution for individual local authorities on 29 November 1989. The distribution is not hypothecated to individual housing services, and it is for local authorities themselves to formulate their spending plans within the total resources available to them. Additional resources will however be made available, if necessary this financial year, to meet all expenditure by Welsh local authorities on mandatory home renovation grants.
My right hon. Friend also announced at that time an allocation to Housing for Wales to support housing association activity in 1990–91. The actual distribution of these resources is a matter entirely for Housing for Wales.
For future years, my right hon. Friend has set out in the Welsh Office commentary "Public Expenditure in Wales, 1990–91 to 1992–93", planned provision for local authority housing and Housing for Wales. This is subject to review in the current PES round.