§ Mr. Geraint Howellsasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what is the latest estimate of the number of houses required to be built in Ceredigion so that all applicants on the council housing list can be housed;
(2) what is the latest estimate of the number of houses required to be built to house all the applicants at present on council's housing lists in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John MorrisMy latest information is that there is a waiting list of 1,241 in Ceredigion and of about 51,000 in Wales as a whole. The practice of local authorities in compiling lists varies and these figures are necessarily crude. I am greatly heartened by the response of local authorities to the Government's encouragement; 7,332 local authority houses were completed in Wales during 1975 compared with 3,046 in 1974.
494W