HC Deb 27 November 1980 vol 994 c172W
Mr. Best

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the latest figures for (a) the total housing stock in Wales, (b) the total number of dwellings that are unfit, expressed both numerically and as a percentage of (a), (c) the total number of dwellings, in addition, which lack basic amenities, expressed both numerically and as a percentage of (a), (d) the number of new dwellings that used to be constructed in order to replace dwellings which have reached the end of their habitable life, in the current year, and (e) the number of new dwellings that are being started in the current year.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

The figures are given below:

  1. (a) 1,060,000 dwellings (at the end of March 1980).
  2. (b) 100,000 dwellings representing 10 per cent. of the stock (from the 1976 Welsh house condition survey).
  3. (c) 63,000 dwellings representing 6 per cent. of the stock (from the 1976 Welsh house condition survey).
  4. (d) Not available.
  5. (e) 6,171 dwellings were started in the first nine months of 1980.