§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many council tenants in Wales were in receipt of housing benefit and what percentage this was of the total number of council tenants in 1987; and what are the equivalent current figures.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe information requested for 1990–91, the latest available year, is given in the following table. The numbers are provisional estimates based on information at the end of February 1991. Equivalent figures are unavailable for 1987 as there was an element of double counting prior to 1988.
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Local authority tenants receiving rent rebate, 1990–91 Estimated number of recipients Percentage of total number of tenants (at 1 April 1991) Aberconwy 1,783 71 Alyn and Deeside 2,944 61 Arfon 3,277 69 Blaenau Gwent 6,821 70 Brecknock1 1,820 69 Cardiff 14,343 77 Carmarthen 1,961 59 Ceredigion 1,722 55 Colwyn 1,841 76 Cynon Valley 3,684 77 Delyn 3,437 77 Dinefwr 1,544 65 Dwyfor 881 64 Glyndwr 1,700 61 Islwyn 3,861 68 Llanelli 4,705 73 Lliw Valley 3,378 70 Meirionnydd 1,187 61 Merthyr Tydfil 4,920 77 Monmouth 2,728 59 Montgomeryshire2 1,994 48 Neath 3,796 74 Newport 8,902 70 Ogwr 6,753 75 Port Talbot 3,671 69 Preseli Pembrokeshire 3,340 63 Radnorshire 523 47 Rhondda 3,900 82 Rhuddlan 1,732 67 Rhymney Valley 7,694 82 South Pembrokeshire 1,816 68 Swansea 11,785 73 Taff-Ely 4,836 73 Torfaen 7,928 62 Vale of Glamorgan 3,865 67
Estimated number of recipients Percentage of total number of tenants (at 1 April 1991) Wrexham Maelor 8,144 55 Ynys Mon 3,784 73 Wales 153,000 69 Source: Department of Social Security, Welsh Office local authority returns. 1 Data not available, estimated value given. 2 Includes 474 recipients from Newtown which is designated as a new town.