§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list, by each Welsh local authority(a) the number of applications received from tenants to buy their council property under the provisions of the Housing Act 1980 and (b) the percentage of the total numbers of properties that these applications represent.
§ Mr. GristThe information requested is given in the table:
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Number of Local Authority Dwellings Sold1 Welsh Districts Applications received Percentage of total Housing Stock2 Percentage of LA stock at April 1981 3 Aberconwy 1,681 7.3 40.5 Alyn and Deeside 1,387 5.1 23.3 Arfon 1,444 6.4 24.2 Blaenau Gwent 2,322 7.4 19.9 Brecknock 1,684 10.2 43.5 Cardiff 8,529 8.0 33.8 Carmarthen4 167 0.8 4.1 Ceredigion 1,452 5.5 35.3 Colwyn4 2 — 0.1 Cynon Valley 1,772 6.6 27.2 Delyn 1,400 5.7 23.7 Dinefwr 910 5.9 29.3 Dwyfor 402 3.0 23.5 Glyndwr 1,431 8.4 36.0 Islwyn 4,025 16.1 44.4 Llanelli 3,582 11.8 37.7 Lliw Valley 2,094 8.6 33.7 Meirionnydd 898 5.4 32.9 Merthyr Tydfil 2,423 10.3 28.1 Monmouth 1,911 6.8 31.7 Montgomeryshire/ Newtown5 2,010 9.5 38.3 Neath 2,261 8.7 29.9 Newport 4,189 8.1 26.7 Ogwr 4,853 9.8 37.1 Port Talbot/Afan 3,558 17.5 39.5 Preseli 3,081 7.4 28.4 Radnor 630 6.7 40.7 Rhondda 776 2.4 14.3 Rhuddlan 990 4.4 30.9 Rhymney Valley 4,137 10.7 32.1 South Pembrokeshire 816 4.8 22.4 Swansea 3,578 4.9 17.9 Taff-Ely 3,842 10.9 38.2 Torfaen/ Cwmbran5 7,702 21.7 40.5 Vale of Glamorgan 2,622 6.3 31.2 Wrexham Maelor 3,544 8.0 19.6 Ynys Mon 1,315 4.5 19.7 Wales Total 88,430 7.9 29.6 1 Number of Right to Buy applications received up to June 1987. 2 Stock at 1 April 1986. 3 Local Authority stock at 1 April 1981. 4 Colwyn and Carmarthen rates are generally made under voluntary terms. 5 Newtown and Cwmbran are new towns.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list, by each Welsh local authority(a) the number of housing properties sold to tenants under the provisions of the Housing Act 1980 and (b) the percentage of the total housing stock that these sales represent.
§ Mr. GristThe information requested is given in the table:
Number of local authority dwellings sold1 Welsh Districts Numbers of dwellings Percentage of total2 housing stock Percentage of local authority stock3 Aberconwy 1,119 4.9 27.0 Alyn and Deeside 766 2.8 12.9 Arfon 893 4.0 14.9 Blaenau Gwent 1,203 3.9 10.3 Brecknock 979 5.9 25.1 Cardiff 4,843 4.5 19.2 Carmarthen4 71 0.3 1.7 Ceredigion 848 3.2 20.6 Colwyn4 — — — Cynon Valley 953 3.6 14.6 Delyn 775 3.1 13.1 Dinefwr 514 3.3 16.6 Dwyfor 267 2.0 15.6 Glyndwr 834 4.9 21.0 Islwyn 2,691 10.8 29.7 Llanelli 2,318 7.6 24.4 Lliw Valley 1,206 4.9 19.4 Meirionnydd 623 3.8 22.8 Merthyr Tydfil 1,326 5.6 15.4 Monmouth 1,145 4.1 19.0 Montgomeryshire/Newtown5 1,096 5.2 20.9 Neath 1,512 5.8 20.0 Newport 2,603 5.0 16.6 Ogwr 2,965 6.0 22.7 Port Talbot/Afan 2,205 10.8 24.5 Preseli 1,365 4.9 18.6 Radnor 409 4.3 26.4 Rhondda 403 1.3 7.4 Rhuddlan 540 2.4 16.9 Rhymney Valley 2,511 6.5 19.5 South Pembrokeshire 460 2.7 12.7 Swansea 1,727 2.4 8.6 Taff-Ely 2,253 6.4 22.4 Torfaen/Cwmbran5 4,905 13.8 25.8 Vale of Glamorgan 1,543 3.7 18.4 Wrexham Maelor 1,691 3.8 9.4 Ynys Môn 877 3.0 13.2 WALES TOTAL 52,439 4.7 17.6 1 Number of Right to Buy dwellings sold up to June 1987. 2 Stock at 1 April 1986. 3 Local authority stock at 1 April 1981. 4 Colwyn and Carmarthen rates are generally made under voluntary terms. 5 Newton and Cwmbran are new towns.