§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is his Department's estimate of the number of houses in multiple occupation in Wales.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonIt is estimated that there are approximately 11,700 houses in multiple occupation in Wales.
§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales what proportions of dwellings in Wales unfit for human habitation are (a) privately owned and (b) owned by local authorities.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonNinety thousand nine hundred dwellings were quoted as being unfit for human habitation 173W in the 1981 Welsh "House Condition Survey". Of these, 61 per cent. were owner-occupied and 4 per cent. were owned by local authorities.
§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will place in the Library the result of question 96 of the schedule section M of the Welsh "House Condition Survey" of 1981.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonYes.
§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if the 1986 Welsh house condition survey will be supplemented by a social survey.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonYes; the Welsh Office is conducting an inter-censal survey which will supplement the 1986 Welsh house condition survey.
§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report for each local authority in Wales his Department's estimate of (a) privately owned houses which are statutorily unfit for people to live in and (b) privately owned houses that are fit but in substantial disrepair.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe information required is not currently available at district level. Information at county level is published in the Welsh "House Condition Survey 1981", a copy of which is in the Library of the House of Commons.
§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if the 1986 Welsh "House Condition Survey"
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£ thousand Cost of repurchase Cost of reinstatement December 1984 to June 1986 April 1986 to June 1986 December 1984 to June 1986 April 1986 to June 1986 Aberconwy — — — — Alyn and Deeside 43 — — — Arfon — — 30 30 Blaenau Gwent 18 18 — — Brecknock 113 53 — — Cardiff 78 19 36 7 Carmathen 98 15 — — Ceredigion — — — — Colwyn Bay — — — — Cynon Valley — — — — Delyn 16 — — — Dinefwr — — — — Dwyfor — — — — Glyndwr 15 — — — Islwyn — — 10 — Llanelli — — — — Lliw Valley — — — — Meirionnydd — — — — Merthyr Tydfil — — — — Monmouth 356 24 12 — Montgomeryshire — — — — Neath — — — — Newport 25 — 105 53 Ogwr 20 — — — Port Talbot (Afan) — — — — Preseli 86 — — — Radnor — — — — Rhondda — — — — Rhuddlan — — — — Rhymney Valley — — 249 46 South Pembrokeshire 14 — 9 — Swansea 13 — — — Taff-Ely — — — — Torfaen — — — — Vale of Glamorgan 36 36 159 87 includes a provision whereby the houses surveyed in 1981 will be revisited and surveyed again; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThree thousand seven hundred dwellings were surveyed during the 1981 Welsh house condition survey. All these dwellings were included in the Welsh inter-censal survey 1986, and those 86 per cent. that were successfully interviewed were then included with the sample for the 1986 Welsh house condition survey. Revisiting dwellings surveyed in 1981 provides the best measure of the change in conditions.