Mr. Geraint Morganasked 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 HughesSince 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