§ Mr. EdwardsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the levels of debt that each district authority in Wales is required to redeem from capital receipts from the sale of council houses.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettThe table sets out for each authority the amount required to be set aside for credit liabilities from the sale of council houses up to 31 March 1991.
57W
Reserved part of receipts from council house sales up to 31 March 1991(1) £000 Alyn and Deeside 3,813 Colwyn 2,324 Delyn 1,332 Glyndwr 2,230 Rhuddlan 2,859 Wrexham Maelor 10,904 Carmarthen 4,318 Ceredigion 5,372 Dinefwr 1,267 Llanelli 2,336 Preseli Pembs 5,674 South Pembrokeshire 4,582 Blaenau Gwent 6,223 Islwyn 6,894 Monmouth 4,362 Newport 10,453 Torfaen 6,395 Aberconwy 5,317 Arfon 4,293 Dwyfor 834 Meirionnydd 1,527 Ynys Mon 4,966 Cynon Valley 2,744 Merthyr Tydfil 3,185 Ogwr 6,724 Rhondda 621 Rhymney Valley 7,056 Taff-Ely 8,174 Brecknock 6,346 Montgomeryshire 7,584 Radnorshire 3,160 Cardiff 7,028 Vale of Glamorgan 18,922 Port Talbot 4,400 Lliw Valley 5,083 Neath 3,038 Swansea 4,838 Total Wales 187,178 1 Including the reserved part of (i) cash backed accumulated receipts at midnight 31 March 1990 and (ii) in-year receipts 1990–91.
§ Mr. EdwardsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has as to whether local authorities in Wales are investing their permitted level of capital receipts from the sale of council houses in new housing.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettThe information requested is not held centrally.
§ Mr. EdwardsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of 1990–91 capital receipts from the sale of council houses each local authority in Wales has actually spent on housing.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettAuthorities may apply the usable part of capital receipts to any capital purpose. The information requested is not held centrally.
§ Mr. EdwardsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many houses he estimates could be constructed in each local authority in Wales if those local authorities were permitted to spend(a) 50 per cent., (b) 75 per cent. and (c) 100 per cent. of their 1990–91 capital receipts from the sale of council houses.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettIt is not possible to make such estimates in view of factor cost variations and other considerations, including those related to sound financial and resource management.