§ Mr. RowlandsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of the number of outstanding renovation grant inquiries received by each county and county borough in Wales in the last 12 months. [6878]
§ Mr. Win GriffithsInformation on inquiries is available for April-December 1996. During that time local authorities received 12,758 inquiries, 5,900 applications and issued 6,015 approvals. The number of outstanding applications with local authorities at 31 March 1997 was 5,325.
552WThe county/county borough breakdown is shown on the following table:
Renovation grant activity by unitary authority1 Number of inquiries made April-December 1996 Number of applications received April-December 1996 Number of applications approved April-December 1996 2Number of applications outstanding at the end of March 19972 Blaenau Gwent 547 398 230 *586 Bridgend 767 223 297 142 Caerphilly 1,052 405 258 1,172 Cardiff 1,112 265 701 104 Carmarthenshire 691 404 377 242 Ceredigion 575 177 208 182 Conwy 231 135 179 197 Denbighshire 336 336 208 544 Flintshire 365 207 213 284 Gwynedd 671 359 367 427 Isle of Anglesey 222 198 166 49 Merthyr Tydfil 223 119 112 *12 Monmouthshire 311 55 56 4 Neath Port Talbot 1,127 290 486 *52 Newport 432 280 185 105 Pembrokeshire 338 104 154 450 Powys 363 166 229 342 Rhondda Cynon Taff 976 881 606 50 Swansea 877 313 417 108 Torfaen 135 131 121 89 Vale of Glamorgan 612 265 245 82 Wrexham 795 189 200 102 Wales 12,758 5,900 6,015 5,325 1 Information on the number of inquiries, applications and approvals are for those grants dealt with under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989. 2 Includes those applications at the end of March that were outstanding under both the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 and the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996. For those data marked with an "*", estimates have been provided.