§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has as to how many second homes there are in(a) each parliamentary constituency in Wales and (b) each district authority area; and what proportion of the housing stock is represented by second homes in each instance.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettEstimates of the number of second homes alone are not available. However estimates of the number of second/holiday homes are available for each parliamentary constituency and each district in Wales 213W from the 1981 census of population and the Welsh inter-censal survey, 1986 respectively. These figures are given in the tables:
a. Second/holiday homes 1981, by Parliamentary Constituency Constituency1 Household spaces: second residence and holiday accommodation (unoccupied at Census) Percentage of total household spaces Aberavon 17 0.1 Alyn and Deeside 67 0.2 Blaenau Gwent 24 0.1 Brecon and Radnor 892 3.5 Bridgend 141 0.5 Caernarfon 3,299 12.5 Caerphilly 23 0.1 Carmarthen 805 2.4 Cardiff Central 26 0.1 Cardiff North 6 0.0 Cardiff South and Penarth 5 0.0 Cardiff West 15 0.1 Ceredigion and Pembroke North 2,692 8.1 Clwyd North West 1,157 3.4 Clwyd South West 962 3.2 Conwy 1,717 6.0 Cynon Valley 36 0.1 Delyn 541 1.7 Gower 566 2.0 Islwyn 18 0.1 Llanelli 81 0.2 Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 3,492 17.5 Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 26 0.1 Monmouth 231 08 Montgomery 907 4.5 Neath 53 0.2 Newport East 19 01 Newport West 20 01 Ogmore 15 0.1 Pembroke 2,521 6.7 Pontypridd 17 0.1 Rhondda 16 0.1 Swansea East 13 0.1 Swansea West 47 0.2 Torfaen 33 0.1 Vale of Glamorgan 46 0.1 Wrexham 72 0.2 Ynys Môn 1,997 7.0 1 Boundaries as at March 1983. Source: Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.
214W
b. Second and holiday homes 1986, by district Number of second and holiday homes Second and holiday homes as a percentage of district stock1 Aberconwy 2,040 9 Alyn and Deeside 50 — Arfon 1,380 6 Blaenau Gwent 50 — Brecknock 650 4 Cardiff 50 — Carmarthen 490 2 Ceredigion 1,570 6 Colwyn 960 4 Cynon Valley 70 — Delyn 280 1 Dinefwr 290 2 Dwyfor 2,860 21 Glyndŵr 690 4 Islwyn 20 — Llanelli 120 — Lliw Valley 70 —
Number of second and holiday homes Second and holiday homes as a percentage of district Stock1 Meirionnydd 3,200 20 Merthyr Tydfil 0 — Monmouth 130 — Montgomeryshire 1,040 5 Neath 0 — Newport 100 — Ogwr 50 — Port Talbot (Afan) 40 — Preseli 1,950 7 Radnor 410 4 Rhondda 20 — Rhuddlan 480 2 Rhymney Valley 20 — South Pembrokeshire 1,510 9 Swansea 460 1 Taff-Ely 100 — Torfaen 80 — Vale of Glamorgan 260 1 Wrexham Maelor 100 — Ynys Môon 1,760 6 Wales 23,340 2 1 Indicates 0.5 per cent, or less. Source: Welsh Inter Censal Survey, 1986.