HC Deb 28 April 1967 vol 745 c367W
Mr. Geraint Morgan

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what exceptions he has made to his general policy of refusing loan sanction for the erection of local authority office accommodation in Wales pending the clarification of the future pattern of Welsh local government; and for what reason.

Mr. Cledwyn Hughes

Since the Local Government Commission was set up in 1959 it has been the policy of my predecessors and myself to approve proposals for new local authority office accommodation only where the schemes were clearly necessary to meet serious inadequacies and could not reasonably be held up pending final decisions on local government reorganisation.

The major schemes which have been approved during this time are:

Year Local Authority Cost
£
1958–60 Cardiff C.B.C. 300,000
1959–61 Glamorgan C.C. 883,000
1959 Wrexham B.C. 153,000
1959 Breconshirc C.C. 116,000
1960 Llanfyllin R.D.C. 35,000
1961 Connahs Quay U.D.C. 100,000
1962 Neath B.C. and R.D.C. 240,000
1963 Ebbw Vale U.D.C. 346,000
1963 Ammanford U.D.C. 37,000
1964 Flint B.C 130,000
1964 Haverford West R.D.C. 202,000
1963–66 Cardiff C.B.C. 500,000
1966 Flintshire C.C. 600,000
1966 Swansea C.B.C. 170,000
1966 Newtown and Llanidloes R.D.C and Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn U.C.D 95,000
1966 Wrexham R.D.C. 30,000

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