§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the average annual number of houses in Wales renovated with a grant or demolished as a slum (a) between the 1971 and the 1976 house condition surveys and (b) during 1977.
§ Mr. Alec JonesInformation on improvement grants and demolitions up to 1976 are given in Tables 2.44 and 2.41 respectively, of the Digest of Welsh Statistics No. 23, 1977, a copy of which is in the Lirbary.
In 1977, 6,942 renovation grants were approved in Wales and 1,250 dwellings were demolished or closed.