§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many applications were made to his Department in 1970–71 for assistance with discretionary and other home improvement grants by the Bedwellty, Mynyddislwyn, Risca and Bedwas and Machen urban district councils, respectively.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasThe following tables show the number of local authority dwellings for which Exchequer 199W assistance was approved and the number of other dwellings for which grants were paid by the named authorities during 1970 and 1971 to the latest date for which figures are available.
Approval for Exchequer assistance towards the improvement of local
Grants approved for local authority dwellings Grants paid to private owners Disc Standard Disc Standard Bedwellty Urban District 1st January, 1970–31st December, 1970 … … 20 0 2 38 1st January, 1971–31st March, 1971 … … 0 0 0 13 20 0 2 51 Mynvddislwyn Urban District 1st January, 1970–31st December, 1970 … … 0 0 2 11 1st January, 1971–31st March, 1971 … … 0 0 8 5 0 0 10 16 Risca Urban District 1st January, 1970–31st December, 1970 … … 0 0 28 16 1st January, 1971–31st March, 1971 … … 0 0 7 0 0 0 35 16 Bedwas and Machen Urban District 1st January, 1970–31st December, 1970 … … 103 0 8 14 1st January, 1971–31st March, 1971 … … 0 0 8 7 103 0 16 21