§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will list the total number of completions by local authorities in Wales of refurbishment under the Housing Defects Act, stating by local authorities the minimum, maximum and average cost of such refurbishment;
704W(2) if he will list, by district council area, the number of completions, by type, of homes under the housing Defects Act, and the number of refurbishments currently under way.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe information is taken from provisional returns provided by district councils and gives the position at December 1985.
One completed reinstatement grant has been paid under the terms of the Housing Defects Act 1984. The grant was paid by Monmouth district council and was for £12,257. The numbers and amounts of grants approved but not completed is as follows:
District Council Number of grants approved Amount of grant approved £ Delyn 11 128,281 Newport 11 113,618 Rhymney Valley 2 23,063 Taff Ely 1 14,000 Information on the types of dwellings involved is not yet available.
§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list those homes, by type, eligible for refurbishment under the Housing Defects Act, other than Woolaway type, and other than single-storey, where all external walls have to be treated or where an inner lining can be maintained.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonIt is necessary to treat all external walls in reinstating every type of dwelling designated under the Housing Defects Act 1984. In some or all of the following types, the lining can be maintained: Airey, Cornish Unit, Dorran, Myton, Newland, Orlit, Stent, Unity, Wates and Woolaway.