§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many local authority-owned houses were untenanted in each local authority area at the latest available date; and what information he has on the length of time they had been vacant.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe information requested is given in the table.
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Vacant local authority dwellings1 Local authority Total Of which vacant for more than six months Aberconwy 6 0 Alyn and Deeside 38 8 Arfon 35 0 Blaenau Gwent 109 0 Brecknock 4 4 Cardiff 269 4 Carmarthen 12 7 Ceredigion 24 5 Colwyn 16 0 Cynon Valley 30 0 Delyn 27 0 Dinefwr 10 0 Dwyfor 12 0 Glyndwr 28 4 Islwyn 73 10 Llanelli 101 47 Lliw Valley 60 21 Meirionnydd 14 2 Merthyr Tydfil 31 1 Monmouth 51 19 Montgomeryshire 31 3 Neath 61 14 Newport 96 14 Ogwr 91 7 Port Talbot 66 22 Preseli 47 1 Radnorshire 3 0 Rhondda 33 0 Rhuddlan 5 0 Rhymney Valley 18 0 South Pembrokeshire 11 2 Swansea 141 0 Taff-Ely 64 1 Torfaen 105 19 Vale of Glamorgan 44 5 Wrexham Maelor 179 18 Ynys Mon 83 21 1 At 1 April 1993. Includes those dwellings which were to be let after undergoing repair and those awaiting sale or demolition.
Source: Welsh Office local authority returns.