§ Mr. LivseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number of unoccupied council houses in Wales in the years 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991.
§ Mr. Nicholas Bennett[holding answer 24 February 1992]: The information requested is given in the table:
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Local authority vacant dwellings1 Available for letting2 Undergoing repair or improvement3 Awaiting repair or improvement Awaiting sale Awaiting demolition Other Total vacant dwellings Vacant for more than 6 months Local authority stock4 (thousands) 1981 583 1,207 — — — — 1,790 — 288,359 1982 2,005 1,621 — — — — 3,626 — 278,400 1983 1,389 1,980 — — — — 3,369 — 265,287 1984 1,603 1,665 — — — — 3,268 — 259,823 1985 1,100 1,820 — — — — 2,920 — 255,886 1986 774 1,501 396 56 54 147 2,928 329 258,050 1987 690 1,656 653 103 47 180 3,329 437 253,178 1988 840 1,731 496 29 12 81 3,189 385 248,074 1989 768 1,616 371 25 29 143 2,952 474 237,702 1990 794 1,518 355 13 178 165 3,023 327 228,204 1991 639 1,511 — 43 73 164 2,430 406 223,576 1 At 1 April. 2 Includes 42 dwellings from transferred Cwmbran stock. 3 Prior to 1986 this figure includes vacant dwellings awaiting repair or improvements prior to 1986. The figure for 1986 includes 82 dwellings in the transferred Cwmbran stock for which no breakdown between dwellings undergoing or awaiting repair or improvement is available. Figures after 1990 represent the total number of dwellings to be let after repairs. 4 Excludes New Towns. Cwmbran ceased to be designated as a New Town on 1 April 1986 at which date its stock was transferred to Torfaen and is included in local authority stock since 1986. This information was published in "Welsh Housing Statistics No. 11, 1991", a copy of which is in the Library of the House.