Unoccupied Houses

HC Deb 16 April 1980 vol 982 c644W

Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing the number of unoccupied houses in (a) the public sector and (b) the private sector in each district council area of Wales.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

The numbers of vacant local authority dwellings reported at the end of 1978 are as follows:

Authority	Number of vacant dwellings at Authority 31st December 1978
Alyn and Deeside	12
Colwyn	—*
Delyn	91*
Glyndwr	N/A
Rhuddlan	—
Wrexham Maelor	346
Carmarthen	N/A
Ceredigion	—
Dinefwr	—*
Llanelli	29
Preseli	31*
South Pembroke	N/A
Blaenau Gwent	N/A
Islwyn	N/A
Monmouth	N/A
Newport	N/A
Torfaen	76
Aberconwy	11
Arfon	2*
Dwyfor	—
Merionnydd	24*
Ynys Mon	N/A
Cynon Valley	29
Merthyr Tydfil	79
Ogwr	27*
Rhondda	128*
Rhymney Valley	N/A
Taff-Ely	37
Brecknock	—
Montgomery	37*
Radnor	—
Cardiff	209*
Vale of Glamorgan	75
Afan	66*
Lliw Valley	N/A
Neath	75*
Swansea	177
Cwmbran New Town	43
Newtown New Town	167
*At end of March 1979.

Comparable figures for the private sector are not available.