§ Mr. GregoryTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his most recent information for the total number of local authority dwellings which are vacant in Wales; if he will list these for the period of(a) under three weeks, (b) four to six weeks, (c) seven weeks to six months, (d) seven months to one year and (e) over one year; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettI refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply given to him on 3 December 1990. The following information updates and revises this answer.
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Local authority vacant dwellings at 1 April 1990 Welsh districts At 1 April 19901 Vacant for more than six months Aberconwy 23 2 Alyn and Deeside 56 8 Arfon 27 0 Blaenau Gwent 124 2 Brecknock 0 0 Cardiff 293 13 Carmarthen 22 19 Caredigion 31 3 Colwyn 26 0 Cynon Valley 184 44 Delyn 47 7 Dinefwr 29 0 Dwyfor 6 0 Glyndwr 58 0 Islwyn 170 62 Llanelli 109 33 Lliw Valley 46 29 Meirionnydd 7 2 Merthyr Tydfil 106 1 Monmouth 74 0 Montgomeryshire 36 0 Neath 68 1 Newport 96 16 Ogwr 143 0 Port Talbot 291 0 Preseli Pembrokeshire 26 1 Radnorshire 9 0 Rhondda 83 13 Rhuddlan 28 0 Rhymney Valley 64 0 South Pembrokeshire 6 0 Swansea 134 0 Taff Ely 125 0
Welsh districts At 1 April 19901 Vacant for more than six months Torfaen 169 31 Vale of Glamorgan 40 8 Wrexham Maelor 229 25 Ynys Môn 57 7 Wales Total 3,042 327 1 Calculated using provisional stock estimates for 1 April 1990.