§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales following the extensive consultations undertaken by his Department with local housing authorities in Wales in recent months, will he state what is his latest estimate of the crude housing shortage in Wales.
§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is his latest estimate of the total number of applicants on council house waiting lists in Wales; and, 435W where precise figures are available, if he will specify the numbers in each authority.
§ Mr. RowlandsInformation I have obtained as a result of my visits to 30 of the 37 housing authorities in Wales suggests that there may be up to 50,000 applicants on council house waiting lists in Wales. This figure is a broad overall estimate and it is not possible to give a meaningful breakdown by individual authorities. The figures cannot in any case be regarded as entirely reliable indicators of true housing needs in Wales.
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COMPLETIONS BY COUNTY FROM 1964–73 (a) Local Authority 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 Anglesey CC … … 328 262 171 169 189 Breconshire CC … … 198 77 128 167 223 Caernarvonshire CC … … 133 143 265 248 270 Cardiganshire CC … … 91 89 105 212 139 Carmarthenshire CC … … 687 412 366 463 467 Denbighshire CC … … 342 549 517 451 548 Flintshire CC … … 304 355 283 586 512 Glamorgan CC … … 4,393 4,645 4,370 4,369 3,292 Merionethshire CC … … 92 69 61 126 98 Monmouthshire CC … … 2,057 2,322 2,378 2,843 2,081 Montgomeryshire CC … … 54 166 149 178 175 Pembrokeshire CC … … 322 338 308 604 581 Radnorshire CC … … 32 32 64 60 28 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 Anglesey CC … … 174 306 279 78 47 Breconshire CC … … 246 123 119 46 110 Caernarvonshire CC … … 422 130 274 83 166 Cardiganshire CC … … 98 162 116 150 63 Carmarthenshire CC … … 400 382 286 132 66 Denbighshire CC … … 736 1,081 513 351 208 Flintshire CC … … 308 216 254 111 189 Glamorgan CC … … 3,877 2,670 2,154 1,582 1,208 Merionethshire CC … … 82 51 87 82 59 Monmouthshire CC … … 946 1,155 1,414 846 772 Montgomeryshire CC … … 221 196 98 134 55 Pembrokeshire CC … … 316 108 87 138 27 Radnorshire CC … … 70 106 60 36 69 (b) Private Sector 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 Anglesey CC … … 301 304 375 370 404 Breconshire CC … … 136 115 119 172 147 Caernarvonshire CC … … 393 344 379 337 432 Cardiganshire CC … … 196 168 171 146 209 Carmarthenshire CC … … 260 241 604 311 302 Denbighshire CC … … 858 814 935 902 1,050 Flintshire CC … … 1,447 1,414 1,271 1,346 1,492 Glamorgan CC … … 4,309 4,089 3,827 3,824 3,943 Merionethshire CC … … 200 117 112 115 119 Monmouthshire CC … … 1,190 1,343 1,197 1,167 1,223 Montgomeryshire CC … … 108 121 124 119 143 Pembrokeshire CC … … 311 368 436 345 397 Radnorshire CC … … 53 63 67 68 88
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of dwellings completed in the public and private sectors, respectively, in each of the 13 old counties of Wales in each of the past 10 years; and if he will give the corresponding number of completions per 1,000 population in each instance.
§ Mr. RowlandsThe numbers of local authority and private sector houses completed in the former counties in Wales in each of the last 10 years are given in the tables below:
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1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 Anglesey CC … … 320 301 335 495 477 Breconshire CC … … 102 89 97 115 132 Caernarvonshire CC … … 406 477 536 734 804 Cardiganshire CC … … 206 175 117 142 172 Carmarthenshire CC … … 315 290 346 387 361 Denbighshire CC … … 1,006 779 934 1,124 1,122 Flintshire CC … … 1,419 1,460 1,649 1,637 2,270 Glamorgan CC … … 3,442 3,323 3,227 3,982 3,728 Merionethshire CC … … 129 107 115 160 194 Monmouthshire CC … … 1,301 1,047 1,174 961 850 Montgomeryshire CC … … 139 215 212 284 197 Pembrokeshire CC … … 437 315 341 508 506 Radnorshire CC … … 84 70 91 106 144 To provide the other information would require disproportionate use of time and resources.