HC Deb 26 March 1973 vol 853 cc229-30W
Mr. Rowlands

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many houses in the private sector have been completed in each of the Heads of Valley's authorities for 1971 and 1972.

Mr. Peter Thomas

Private sector completions in 1971 and 1972 were:

PRIVATE SECTOR COMPLETIONS
Local Authorities 1971 1972
Aberdare UDC 66 43
Mountain Ash UDC 18 17
Merthyr Tydfil CBC 59 51
Vaynor and Penderyn RDC 10 6
Brynmawr UDC 2 6
GelligaerUDC 16 158
Rhymney UDC
Tredegar UDC 14 14
Ebbw Vale UDC 17 12
Abertillery UDC 9 7
Bedwellty UDC 103 85
Blaenavon UDC 1
Nantyglo and Blaina UDC 4 17
Mynyddislwyn UDC 89 84
Caerphilly UDC 230 273
Total 638 773

Mr. Rowlands

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many houses in the public sector have been completed in each of the Heads of the Valley authorities for 1971 and 1972.

Mr. Peter Thomas

Local authority and other public sector completions were:

Local Authorities 1971 1972
Aberdare UDC 137 47
Mountain Ash UDC 61 56
Merthyr Tydfil CBC 375 221
Vaynor and Penderyn RDC
Brynmawr RDC 24
Gelligaer UDC 87
Rhymney UDC 150 99
Tredegar UDC 56 55
Ebbw Vale UDC 242 15
Abertillery UDC 55 92
Bedwellty UDC 234
Blaenavon UDC 29 16
Nantyglo and Blaina UDC 3
Mynyddislwyn UDC 24 19
Caerphilly UDC 86 24
Total 1,560 647

In addition housing associations and Government departments were responsible for one completion in Gelligaer in 1971 and 30 in Aberdare during the first nine months of 1972.