§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of the persons who undertook the Welsh housing and dwelling survey fieldwork was Welsh-speaking.
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§ Mr. Wyn RobertsTwenty per cent.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report a table indicating the proportion of dwellings for each district authority areas in Wales which contained persons on the council house waiting list according to the recently completed Welsh dwelling and housing survey.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsFigures relating to households and not dwellings are shown in the following table: since the figures are derived from a small sample, care should be exercised in their use.
This information was not requested from people in second/holiday homes and hence the data refer to primary households only.
Percentage of Households With at Least One Person on a Council Waiting List Welsh Districts Percentages Alyn and Deeside 4.6 Colwyn 6.2 Delywn 5.3 Glyndwr 3.0 Rhuddlan 2.2 Wrexham Maelor 6.7 Carmarthen 4.3 Ceredigion 3.2 Dinefwr 4.7 Llanelli 5.4 Preseli 4.0 South Pembrokeshire 4.3 Blaenau Gwent 8.6 Islwyn 6.0 Monmouth 4.3 Newport 6.7 Torfaen 5.4 Aberconwy 5.6 Arfon 4.3 Dwyfor 1.6 Merionydd 3.6 Ynys Mon 4.0 Cynon Valley 2.8 Merthyr Tydfil 3.5 Ogwr 4.0 Rhondda 5.3 Rhymney Valley 4.3 Taff-Ely 5.2 Brecknock 4.2 Montgomery 4.8 Radnor 4.8 Cardiff 3.1 Vale of Glamorgan 5.1 Afan 3.8 Lliw Valley 3.7 Neath 5.3 Swansea 5.9 SourceWelsh Housing and Dwelling Survey
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table 52W in the Official Report showing for each of his district authority areas of Wales the proportion of second homes identified in the recently completed Welsh dwelling and housing survey.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe sample survey did not separately distinguish second homes from temporary holiday accommodation. Percentages for these categories in combination (excluding caravans) are given in the following table.
Care should be exercised in the use of these data derived as they are from a sample survey.
SECOND HOME* HOUSEHOLDS AS A PERCENTAGE OF ALL HOUSEHOLDS† CONTACTED (from 5½ per cent. sample) Welsh Districts Percentages Alyn and Deeside 0.0 Colwyn 5.4 Delyn 0.7 Glyndwr 2.0 Rhuddlan 2.0 Wrexham Maelor 0.3 Carmarthen 1.4 Ceredigion 3.8 Dinefwr — Llanelli — Preseli 3.1 South Pembrokeshire 6.6 Blaenau Gwent — Islwyn — Monmouth 0.6 Newport — Torfaen — Aberconwy 3.9 Arfon 0.9 Dwyfor 13.7 Meirionnydd 11.2 Ynys Mon 2.7 Cynon Valley — Merthyr Tydfil — Ogwr 0.1 Rhondda — Rhymney Valley — Taff-Ely 0.1 Brecknock 1.4 Montgomery 2.0 Radnor 1.4 Cardiff 0.0 Vale of Glamorgan 0.2 Afan — Lliw Valley — Neath — Swansea 1.0 Source: Welsh Housing and Dwelling Survey. *Defined as second/weekend/holiday home. †Excluding mobile home/caravans. ‡0.0 indicates a small positive figure, less than 005. A dash signifies zero.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report the proportion of leasehold and freehold dwellings in each of the district council areas of Wales provided 53W by the Welsh housing and dwelling sample survey, analysed by desired variables " A2 " and " H36 " as notified by his office in letter ES2/92/1 to local authority chief executives on 3 April.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information, relating to owner-occupier households only, is given in the following table: information on leasehold or freehold was not collected for rented property.
Households by District and Tenure* Welsh Districts Leasehold percentage Freehold precentage Alyn and Deeside 1.2 98.8 Colvvyn 12.8 87.2 Delyn 0.7 99.3 Glyndwr 0.3 99.7 Rhuddlan 8.2 91.8 Wrexham Maelor 0.7 99.3 Carmarthen 1.9 98.1 Ceredigion 1.3 98.7 Dinefwr 4.3 95.7 Llanelli 14.5 85.5 Preseli 1.0 99.0 South Pembrokeshire 3.8 96.2 Blaenau Gwent 32.3 67.7 Islwyn 29.1 70.9 Monmouth 9.4 90.6 Newport 34.3 65.7 Torfaen 33.6 66.4 Aberconwy 8.2 91.8 Arfon 0.2 99.8 Dwyfor 9.6 90.4 Meironydd 5.5 94.5 Ynys Mon 2.3 97.7 Cynon Valley 18.4 81.6 Merthyr Tydfil 27.9 72.1 Ogwr 37.4 62.6 Rhondda 12.1 87.9 Rhymney Valley 36.2 63.8 Taff-Ely 30.9 69.1 Brecknock 4.5 95.5 Montgomery 10.3 89.7 Radnor 1.9 98.1 Cardiff 38.0 62.0 Vale of Glamorgan 34.5 65.5 Afan 29.0 71.0 Lliw Valley 21.7 78.3 Neath 23.8 76.3 Swansea 37.4 62.6 * The figures relate to owner-occupiers only. Source: Welsh Housing and Dwelling Survey.