§ Mr. E. Rowlandsasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many improvement grants were made to private owner-occupiers in Cardiff in 1964, 1965, and 1966; and what were the total amounts.
§ Mr. Cledwyn HughesThe information is not available in this form. Cardiff County Borough Council issued the following grant approvals in respect of owner-occupied dwellings:
1964: 122 1965: 177 1966: 114 Total grants paid by Cardiff County Borough Council in these years were:
1964—£36,511 in respect of 134 dwellings (owner-occupied and tenanted).138W1965—£27,789 in respect of 107 dwellings (owner-occupied and tenanted).1966—£32,998 in respect of 122 dwellings (owner-occupied and tenanted).
§ Mr. E. Rowlandsasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many houses unfit for human habitation there are in Cardiff; how many slum clearance orders were confirmed in 1964, 1965, and 1966; and how many of such houses were actually cleared in 1964, 1965, and 1966.
§ Mr. Cledwyn HughesThere are about 2,500 unfit houses in Cardiff. No clearance orders or compulsory purchase orders in respect of unfit houses were confirmed in 1964. In 1965 two such orders were confirmed covering 292 unfit houses. In 1966 three orders were confirmed covering 191 unfit houses. Figures are not available to show how many of the houses included in orders confirmed in 1965 and 1966 were actually cleared in those years, but the following figures show the number of houses included in orders confirmed in those or earlier years and actually cleared in 1964, 1965 and 1966—
1964 1965 1966 31 466 49 In addition a number of houses outside clearance areas were closed or demolished by demolition or closing orders; as follows:
1964 1965 1966 31 27 32
§ Mr. E. Rowlandsasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many houses in the city of Cardiff were built between the wars, between 1900–14, and before 1900, respectively.
§ Mr. Cledwyn HughesThe approximate numbers built were as follows:
Before 1900 … … 30,000 1900–14 … … 2,500 1919–39 … … 17.500