§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a list showing for each of the housing authorities in Wales (a) the total income they have received in each of the past six years from the sale of council houses, (b) the money from such sources that each
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Receipts from council house sales 1980–81 to 1985–86 Local authority 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 (£000) (£000) (£000) (£000) (£000) Alyn and Deeside 773 528 218 262 258 Colwyn 565 728 663 529 415 Delyn 820 753 436 318 301 Glyndwr 28 782 890 456 254 Rhuddlan 19 409 316 326 299 Wrexham Maelor — 1,997 1,244 467 464 Carmarthen 772 1,631 1,269 919 880 Ceredigion 459 1,562 1,858 1,141 783 Dinefwr — 700 544 276 220 Llanelli 137 1,562 1,545 1,813 974 Preseli 137 2,548 1,326 1,376 822 South Pembroke — 277 1,110 1,416 562 Blaenau Gwent 47 935 1,313 756 507 Islwyn 6 1,652 8,274 2,702 1,615 Monmouth 485 690 864 1,326 1,431 Newport 308 1,217 1,421 1,726 1,727 Torfaen 405 2,668 2,750 1,921 2,137 Aberconwy — 1,080 1,206 697 464 Arfon 27 1,006 639 457 491 Dwyfor — 526 506 235 129 Meirionnydd — 569 1,081 618 293 Ynys Môn — 1,081 974 382 344 Cynon Valley — 529 1,048 461 465 Merthyr Tydfil — 1,361 1,732 978 670 Ogwr — 1,229 2,982 1,614 1,370 Rhondda — 362 171 191 132 Rhymney Valley — 1,884 2,487 1,711 1,258 Taff Ely 45 1,056 936 1,694 1,378 Brecknock — 1,838 830 915 831 Montgomeryshire — 1,779 1,183 698 452 Radnor — 692 658 655 246 Cardiff 187 1,312 5,089 2,239 583 Vale of Glamorgan 917 1,127 1,836 1,936 1,485 Port Talbot 17 803 1,483 1,607 1,197 Lliw Valley — 598 1,262 508 401 Neath — 1,604 970 417 536 Swansea 49 1,067 1,629 1,267 1,139 TOTAL WALES 6,203 42,142 54,743 37,010 27,513 local authority has spent up to the latest date for which this information is available, (c) the residual balance of funds from the sale of council houses held by those councils on that date and (d) the amount of money from these sources each council will be allowed to spend or commit during the present financial year.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe information requested is as follows:
- (a) The income received by each local authority from the sale of council houses for the financial years 1980–81 to 1984–85 is given in the following table. The comparable information for 1985–86 is not yet available.
- (b) and (c) This information is not held centrally.
- (d) This information is not available since precise cash figures are not held centrally however during the present financial year each council will be allowed to enhance its capital spending allocation by the addition of 15 per cent. of the value of any accumulated capital receipts which have not already been used in this way.