§ Mr. Bestasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will provide a table for each district in Wales showing (a) the number of applications to buy public sector housing and (b) the number of sales of public sector housing from May 1979 to the latest available date.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information requested is given in the following table for local authorities and new towns. An additional 1,758 dwellings, which cannot be related to applications or broken down by local authority, have been sold by housing associations.
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Local authority and new towns applications May 1979 -December 1984* Sales May 1979 December 1984* Alyn and Deeside 951 894 Colwyn 373 391 Delyn 1,014 1,193 Glyndwr 1,145 681 Rhuddlan 773 441 Wrexham Maelor 2,861 1,287 Carmarthen 451 728 Ceredigion 1,123 765 Dinefwr 645 366 Llanelli 2,945 1,841 Preseli 1,695 1,144 South Pembrokeshire 626 492 Blaenau Gwent 1,751 902 Islwyn 3,148 2,190 Monmouth 1,303 1,207 Newport 2,831 2,022 Torfaen 3,127 1,643 Aberconwy 1,453 902 Arfon 1,186 721 Dwyfor 335 216 Meirionnydd 731 495 Ynys Mon 1,094 675 Cynon Valley 1,227 744 Merthyr Tydfil 1,620 943 Ogwr 3,547 2,139 Rhondda 535 244 Rhymney Valley 3,164 1,925 Taff-Ely 2,681 1,621 Brecknock 1,312 751 Montgomery 1,261 795 Radnor 640 340 Cardiff 5,472 3,276 Vale of Glamorgan 1,940 1,834 Afan 2,401 1,595 Lliw Valley 1,612 903 Neath 1,755 1,185 Swansea 2,486 1,216 Wales Total 63,214 40,707 Cwmbran †3,485 2,301 Newtown †194 73 Wales total including new towns 66,893 43,081 *Where sales exceed applications this is due to applications to buy under voluntary schemes being submitted prior to May 1979.
† Since 31 March 1980 when records were first kept.