HC Deb 13 May 1986 vol 97 cc414-20W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many people are on waiting lists for council accommodation in each of the local authority areas in Wales.

Mr. Nicholas

Edwards: This information is not held centrally.

Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many council-owned houses have been sold by each local authority in Wales in each year since 1980.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

The number of council-owned houses sold by each local authority in Wales in each year since 1980 is shown in the following table:

Local authority dwellings sold 1980 to 1985
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Clwyd
Alyn and Deeside 298 200 191 78 68 79
Colwyn 89 82 86 68 56 64
Delyn 384 298 326 88 66 64
Glyndwr 160 272 170 79 56
Rhuddlan 80 154 143 64 34
Wrexham Maelor 297 654 207 129 163
Dyfed
Carmarthen 28 290 198 109 103 76
Ceredigion 85 123 320 129 94 72
Dinefwr 46 204 61 55 55
Llanelli 546 507 447 341 238
Preseli 3 383 451 167 128 109
South Pembrokeshire 74 61 140 150 63 48
Gwent
Blaenau Gwent 261 340 201 100 99
Islwyn 237 1,034 689 230 188
Monmouth 308 191 252 207 153 158
Newport 70 509 572 423 312 389
Torfaen 497 461 382 303 221
Gwynedd
Aberconwy 182 419 207 94 88
Arfon 294 202 142 82 77
Dwyfor 41 107 48 20 29
Meirionnydd 32 266 141 54 64
Ynys Môn 192 307 118 58 94
Mid Glamorgan
Cynon Valley 122 405 120 97 76
Merthyr Tydfil 127 510 198 108 153
Ogwr 213 1,074 545 307 374
Rhondda 102 82 34 26 50
Rhymney Valley 1 262 954 432 275 201
Taff-Ely 35 289 531 447 294 286
Powys
Brecknock 307 204 123 117 100
Montgomery 292 299 120 83 69
Radnor 63 139 88 50 35
South Glamorgan
Cardiff 16 293 1,448 837 567 630
Vale of Glamorgan 391 375 418 330 225 223
West Glamorgan
Afan (Port Talbot) 23 140 417 595 349 308
Lliw Valley 194 482 144 83 124
Neath 439 459 167 120 129
Swansea 37 274 422 289 139 213
Wales Total (Local authority) 1,842 8,494 15,307 8,844 5,492 5,436
Cwmbran 305 327 1,123 488 332 276
Newtown 12 13 27 9 11
Wales Total (All) 2,147 8,833 16,443 9,359 5,833 5,723

Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many houses are owned by each local authority in Wales.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

The number of houses owned by each local authority in Wales at 1 April 1985, is given in the following table:

Local Authority Stock Total Dwellings
Aberconwy 3,277
Alyn and Deeside 5,624
Arfon 5,358
Blaenau Gwent 11,147

Local Authority Stock Total Dwellings
Brecknock 3,173
Cardiff 22,874
Carmarthen 3,779
Ceredigion 3,882
Colwyn 2,939
Cynon Valley 5,735
Delyn 5,183
Dinefwr 2,846
Dwyfor 1,51
Glyndŵr 3,334
Islwyn 7,024
Llanelli 7,721

Local Authority Stock Total Dwellings
Lliw Valley 5,536
Meirionnydd 2,320
Merthyr Tydfil 7,695
Monmouth 5,452
Montgomery 3,287
Neath 6,544
Newport 14,340
Ogwr 11,141
Port Talbot 7,381
Preseli 6,283
Radnor 1,298
Rhondda 5,159
Rhuddlan 2,897
Rhymney Valley 11,089
South Pembrokeshire 3,166
Swansea 19,048

Local Authority Housebuilding: Completions
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Clwyd:
Alyn and Deeside 32 52 50 86 39 30
Colwyn 109 81 50 24
Delyn 39 10 7
Glyndwr 13 114 43 23 4
Rhuddlan 57 25 37 40 59 24
Wrexham Maelor 42 113 69 62 61 66
Dyfed:
Carmarthen 66 55 61 132 46 28
Ceredigion 48 113 86 165
Dinefwr 54 52 2 22 55 16
Llanelli 34 78 26 42 67
Presli 62 3 16
South Pembrokeshire 65 6 1 20
Gwent:
Blaenau Gwent 331 366 67 30 48
Islwyn 26 119 44 25 64 21
Monmouth 93 6 80 71 59 107
Newport 85 285 172 43 169 67
Torfaen 155 43 48 83 38 31
Gwynedd:
Aberconwy 123 38 20
Arfon 31 19 46 4 28 9
Dwyfor 30 27 6 5 9
Meirionnydd 54 51 16 33 12
Ynys Mon 198 81 59 41 84 18
Mid Glamorgan:
Cynon Valley 40 14 40
Merthyr Tydfil 217 154 12 7 9
Ogwr 131 201 79 9 60 139
Rhondda 161 115 27
Rhymney Valley 169 160 57 73 79 30
Taff-Ely 226 110 62 85 90
Powys:
Brecknock 49 30 24 14 12
Montgomeryshire 47 41 11 15 41
Radnor 30 20 20 69 10
South Glamorgan:
Cardiff 443 367 240 310 344 107
Vale of Glamorgan 69 124 49 24 20 18
West Glamorgan:
Port Talbot 24
Lliw Valley 124 132 91 90 111 22
Neath 56 43 18 71 76 16
Swansea 107 63 126 29 105 57
Cwmbran 158 102 89 169 93 81

Local Authority Stock Total Dwellings
Taff-Ely 9,199
Torfaen 8,503
Vale of Glamorgan 7,203
Wrexham Maelor 16,951
Ynys Môn 6,180
Wales 256,078

SourceHousing Investment Programme returns.

Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many houses have been built by each local authority in Wales in each year since 1980.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

The number of houses built by each local authority in Wales in each year since 1980 is shown in the following table:

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Newtown 51 58 15 26 62
Wales Total 3,702 3,530 1,875 1,738 2,151 1,073

Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many houses have been bought from the private sector to enable them to be let to council tenants by each local authority in Wales since 1980.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

The number of houses acquired by each local authority in Wales since 1980 is shown in the following table. It is not known what proportion of these have been bought from the private sector, or the number which will subsequently be let to council tenants.

Numbers of dwellings acquired 1980–85
Welsh Districts Numbers
Aberconwy 12
Alyn and Deeside 3
Arfon 29
Blaenau Gwent 1
Brecknock
Cardiff 10
Carmarthen 40
Ceredigion 14
Colwyn
Cynon Valley
Delyn 1
Dinefwr 4
Dwyfor 19
Glyndŵr
Islwyn 11
Llanelli
Lliw Valley 2
Meirionnydd 24
Merthyr Tydfil
Monmouth
Montgomeryshire
Neath 37
Newport 17
Ogwr
Port Talbot (Afan) 1
Preseli 7
Radnor
Rhondda 3
Rhuddlan 1
Rhymney Valley
South Pembrokeshire 1
Swansea 13
Taff-Ely 14
Torfaen 18
Vale of Glamorgan 1
Wrexham Maelor 22
Ynys Môn 20
Wales Total 325

Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many homes within each of the local authorities in Wales are second houses or holiday homes; and what percentage they represent of the housing stock.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

The number of second and holiday homes in each local authority area, as recorded by the 1981 "Census of Population", is given in the following table:

Second and holiday homes as a percentage of total housing stock
Authority Second and holiday homes Total as a percentage of stock
Aberconwy 1,913 8.5
Alyn and Deeside 62 0.2
Arfon 993 4.5
Blaenau Gwent 43 0.1
Brecknock 496 3.1
Cardiff 51 0
Carmarthen 547 2.7
Ceredigion 1,915 7.5
Colwyn 777 3.6
Cynon Valley 36 0.1
Delyn 335 1.4
Dinefwr 263 1.8
Dwyfor 2,579 19.6
Glyndŵr 723 4.4
Islwyn 18 0.1
Llanelli 76 0.3
Lliw Valley 35 0.1
Meirionnydd 3,023 18.6
Merthyr Tydfil 18 0.1
Monmouth 214 0.8
Montgomery 907 4.6
Neath 31 0.1
Newport 35 0.1
Ogwr 155 0.3
Port Talbot 12 0.1
Preseli 1,686 6.1
Radnor 396 4.4
Rhondda 16 0.1
Rhuddlan 783 3.6
Rhymney Valley 31 0.1
South Pembrokeshire 1,612 9.8
Swansea 618 0.9
Taff-Ely 18 0.1
Torfaen 35 0.1
Vale of Glamorgan 47 0.1
Wrexham Maelor 119 0.3
Ynys Môn 1,997 7.2
Wales Total 22,615 2.1