HC Deb 24 May 1979 vol 967 cc182-4W
Mr. Rowlands

asked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will list by local authority the number of local authority dwellings built pre-1919, 1919 to 1939, 1959 to 1964, 1964 to 1970, 1970 to 1974, and 1974 to 1979.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

The information is not available in the form requested. The following table gives the number of local authority dwellings built in Wales before 1940, 1945–1966, 1967–1970, 1971–1974 and 1975–1978. The figures for the periods before 1966 are derived in part from estimates

NUMBER OF LOCAL AUTHORITY DWELLINGS BUILT IN WALES*
Welsh District Before 1940 1945–1966 1967–1970 1971–1974 1975–1978
Alyn and Deeside 2,253 2,918 397 215 441
Colwyn 543 1,569 356 348 324
Delyn 1,380 2,879 1,016 455 552
Glyndwr 932 2,061 484 310 280
Rhuddlan 637 2,088 129 182 112
Wrexham Maelor 4,301 9,058 2,046 627 1,150
Total Clwyd 10,046 20,573 4,428 2,137 2,859
Carmarthen 303 2,396 574 289 650
Ceredigion 320 2,092 611 463 433
Dinefwr 514 1,900 292 209 264
Llanelli 2,185 5,490 846 273 704
Preseli 635 4,928 905 280 571
South Pembrokeshire 187 2,035 704 117 356
Total Dyfed 4,144 18,821 3,932 1,631 2,978
Blaenau Gwent 2,192 5,825 1,446 712 1,109
Islwyn 2,310 4,739 681 375 476
Monmouth 603 4,743 898 143 544
Newport 1,815 10,167 1,113 691 2,427
Torfaen 2,113 5,144 1,033 418 1,066
Total Gwent 9,033 30,618 5,171 2,339 5,622
Aberconwy 1,119 2,012 343 355 99
Arfon 2,182 2,477 679 226 304
Dwyfor 318 886 110 202 25
Meirionnydd 306 1,426 305 157 293
Ynys Mon 785 3,692 838 471 514
Total Gwynedd 4,710 10,493 2,275 1,411 1,235
Cynon Valley 927 3,295 1,314 327 553
Merthyr Tydfil 1,161 4,017 903 807 854
Ogwr 1,408 7,852 2,062 676 1,419
Rhondda 749 2,828 1,396 148 235
Rhymney Valley 2,063 6,028 2,056 692 1,370
Taff-Elys 1,875 5,164 1,523 326 645
Total Mid Glamorgan 8,183 29,184 9,254 2,986 5,076
Brecknock 553 1,987 537 298 605
Montgomery 441 2,090 711 184 405
Radnor 110 626 264 231 275
Total Powys 1,104 4,703 1,512 713 1,285
Cardiff 6,752 16,152 2,565 1,410 1,753
Vale of Glamorgan 1,948 5,436 995 397 1,293
Total South Glamorgan 8,700 21,588 3,560 1,807 3,046
Afan 1,560 7,036 606 396 97
Lliw Valley 1,775 3,084 205 332 436
Neath 1,781 4,354 445 420 431
Swansea 5,681 10,702 1,050 612 1,817
Total West Glamorgan 10,797 25,176 2,306 1,760 2,781
Wales Total 56,717 161,156 32,438 14,784 24,882
* Excluding completions for Newtown and Cwmbran.
† Existing dwellings built in the period referred to.

based on the 1961 census and therefore should be treated with caution.

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