§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish figures showing the percentage of housing stock sold under right-to-buy schemes by each district authority in Wales in total since 1980.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettThe information requested is given in the following table:
Total right-to-buy sales as a percentage of local authority stock at 1981 per cent. Aberconwy 42 Alyn and Deeside 26 Arfon 23 Blaenau Gwent 20 Brecknock 37 Cardiff 30 Carmarthen1 5 Ceredigion 35 Colwyn2 0 Cynon Valley 23 Delyn 21 Dinefwr 29 Dwyfor 23 Glyndwr 32 Islwyn 41 Llanelli 36 Lliw Valley 31 Meirionnydd 32 Merthyr Tydfil 26 Monmouth 31 Montgomeryshire 33 Neath 32 Newport 26 Ogwr 35 Port Talbot 39 Preseli Pembrokeshire 31 Radnorshire 37 Rhondda 14 Rhuddlan 29 Rhymney Valley 29 South Pembrokeshire 23 Swansea 20 Taff Ely 39 Torfaen 37 Vale of Glamorgan 31 Wrexham Maelor 20 Ynys Mon 25 WALES 28 1Many of the disposals of dwellings by Carmarthen District Council, are made voluntarily rather than under the Right-to-Buy scheme. 2All of the disposals of the dwellings by Colwyn District Council are made voluntarily rather than under the Right-to-Buy scheme. Source: Local authority returns, 1981 Census of Population.