§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish for each county and district council area in Wales and for Wales as a whole the number of(a) community areas, (b) community and town councils and (c) community ix town councils which have (i) ceased 764W to exist or (ii) been established during each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe information requested by the hon. Member at(c) can be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The information requested at (a) and (b) is set out in the following table.
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Numbers of community areas and town/community councils in Wales County Councils District borough councils Numbers of community areas Numbers of town community councils Clwyd 127 122 Alyn and Deeside 13 13 Colwyn 19 16 Delyn 21 21 Glyndwr 35 35 Rhuddlan 10 8 Wrexham Maelor 29 29 Dyfed 202 202 Carmarthen 41 41 Ceredigion 51 51 Dinefwr 23 23 Llanelli 9 9 Preseli Pembrokeshire 52 52 South Pembrokeshire 26 26 Gwent 82 66 Blaenau Gwent 9 5 Islwyn 12 0 Monmouth 31 31 Newport 14 14 Torfaen 16 16 Gwynedd 122 122 Aberconwy 18 18 Arfon 17 17 Dwyfor 17 17 Meirionnydd 30 30 Ynys Mon 40 40 Mid Glamorgan 100 50 Cynon Valley 11 3 Merthyr Tydfil 12 1 Ogwr 22 22 Rhondda 31 0 Rhymney Valley 14 14 Taff Ely 10 10 Powys 108 108 Brecknock 36 36 Montgomeryshire 45 45 Radnorshire 27 27 South Glamorgan 54 28 Cardiff 30 5 Vale of Glamorgan 24 23 West Glamorgan 68 42 Port Talbot 12 0 Lliw Valley 14 14 Neath 14 14 Swansea 28 14 Total for Wales 863 740