§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the statutory rights and restrictions on local 190W authorities relative to purchasing land and building houses in areas outside their own boundaries.
§ Mr. John MorrisI refer the hon. Member,inter alia, to Section 92(1) of the Housing Act 1957.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales what were the total funds requested by each of the district councils of Wales for 1976–77 under Section 105 of the Housing Act 1974 and also the comparable actual allocations to these councils for similar purposes for the year 1975–76.
§ Mr. Alec JonesThe information requested is as follows:
1976–77 Bid £ 1975–76 Allocation £ Aberconwy BC 508,000 52,000 Afan BC 284,500 336,000 Alyn and Deeside DC 657,958 749,385 Arfon BC 1,497,268 184,793 Blaenau Gwent BC 1,969,382 2,138,933 Brecknock BC 627,900 1,370,781 Cardiff CC 1,781,216 680,000 Carmarthen DC 666,700 36,000 Ceredigion DC 250,000 123,000 Colwyn BC 351,300 44,000 Cynon Valley BC 259,000 203,000 Delyn BC 515,127 200,000 Dinefwr BC 186,000 60,000 Dwyfor DC 386,000 152,505 Glyndwr DC 560,250 176,000 Islwyn BC 909,910 52,794 Llanelli BC 2,013,000 1,571,000 Lliw Valley BC 1,488,404 1,072,223 Merionnydd DC 345,500 160,000 Merthyr Tydfil BC 1,049,979 1,070,000 Montgomery DC 280,000 62,902 Neath BC 651,990 277,188 Newport BC 2,467,750 1,533,000 Ogwr BC 1,198,122 260,700 Preseli DC 127,300 50,000 Radnor DC 161,000 28,000 Rhondda BC 1,031,000 119,828 Rhuddlan BC 198,250 50,000 Rhymney Valley DC 1,413,492 1,228,803 South Pembrokeshire DC 155,850 76,000 Swansea CC 1,800,140 255,000 Taff Ely 13C 538,562 59,000 Torfaen BC 630,700 372,500 Vale of Glamorgan BC 750,550 300,000 Wrexham Maelor BC 1,124,020 520,934 Ynys Mon BC 89,500 50,600