HC Deb 16 March 1965 vol 708 cc259-60W
Mr. Alan Williams

asked the Secretary of Stat for Wales what proportion of houses are over 60 years old and what proportion over 100 years old in each Welsh county.

Mr. James Griffiths

I regret that information for separate counties is not available.

Mr. Alan Williams

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of houses in Wales are over 60 years old and what proportion are over 100 years old.

Mr. James Griffiths

It is estimated that about 55 per cent. of dwellings in Wales are over 50 years old and about 28 per cent. are over 90 years old.

Mr. Alan Williams

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of houses in each Welsh county is without a mains water supply.

Mr. James Griffiths

At the time of the 1961 Census the percentages of households without a piped water supply were as follows:

Per cent.
Anglesey 19.5
Breconshire 6.5
Caernarvonshire 6.8
Cardiganshire 19.0
Carmarthenshire 8.8
Denbighshire 2.8
Flintshire 4.5
Glamorgan 1.3
Merionethshire 8.1
Monmouthshire 2.0
Montgomeryshire 22.7
Pembrokeshire 7.6
Radnorshire 16.4

Mr. Alan Williams

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of houses in each Welsh county is without mains electricity; what proportion is without a mains gas supply; and what proportion is without both.

Mr. James Griffiths

I regret that information for separate counties is not available. It is estimated that for Wales as a whole rather less than half the houses are without mains gas, about 3 per cent. without mains electricity, and about 3 per cent. with neither mains gas nor electricity.

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