§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for each Welsh local authority, the amount allocated for energy conservation measures within the total housing investment programme, single-block allocations for 1980–81.
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§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe allocations made to individual local authorities for private sector thermal insulation grants are as follows:
£ Aberconwy BC 17,000 Afan BC 15,000 Alyn and Deeside DC 26,000 Arfon BC 26,000 Blaenau Gwent BC 48,000 Brecknock BC 14,000 Cardiff CC 78,000 Carmarthen DC 25,500 Ceredigion DC 27,000 Colwyn BC 18,000 Cynon Valley BC 27,000 Delyn BC 15,000 Dinefwr BC 14,000 Dwyfor DC 14,000 Glyndwr DC 25,000 Islwyn BC 36,000 Llanelli BC 32,000 Lliw Valley BC 37,000 Meirionnydd DC 14,000 Merthyr Tydfil BC 36,000 Monmouth DC 16,000 Montgomery DC 15,000 Neath BC 27,000 Newport BC 52,000 Ogwr BC 41,000 Preseli DC 17,000 Radnor DC 12,000 Rhondda BC 49,000 Rhuddlan BC 17,000 Rhymney Valley BC 38,000 South Pembrokeshire DC 14,000 Swansea CC 59,000 Taff Ely BC 37,000 Torfaen BC 38,000 Vale of Glamorgan BC 40,000 Wrexham Maelor BC 40,000 Ynys Mon BC 26,000 Total 1,079,500 Included in these figures are the allocations for the elderly in special need which I listed in my reply to the hon. Member for Carmarthen (Dr. Thomas) on 27 November—[Vol. 994, c. 236.]
There are no specific allocations for public sector properties. It is for each authority to decide what resources to use for energy conservation measures in its own properties.