HC Deb 18 December 1987 vol 124 cc805-7W
Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list in rank order the deficits or balances for the housing revenue account of each Welsh district for each of the last five years for which figures are available, together with the percentage of each council's housing revenue account which these figures represent.

Mr. Grist

Local authorities are prevented from recording a deficit on the housing revenue account (HRA) by schedule 14, part IV (paragraph 4) of the Housing Act 1985. However, contributions are made from the rate fund (RFC) to the HRA, primarily to prevent a shortfall between income and expenditure on the HRA. Details of these contributions are as follows:

1982–83
RFC to HRA Total Expenditure Balance as percentage of total Expenditure
Torfaen 1,298,196 9,647,727 13.5
Rhymney Valley 1,279,005 12,088,235 10.6
Rhondda 1,206,571 6,158,308 19.6
Cynon Valley 961,455 5,967,705 16.1
Blaenau Gwent 827,697 14,535,959 5.7
Taff Ely 778,656 8,754,414 8.9
Wrexham Maelor 777,799 10,378,168 7.5
Cardiff 759,511 26,536,315 2.9
Merthyr Tydfil 538,985 7,474,736 7.2
Ogwr 431,000 11,851,972 3.6
Ynys Mon 368,114 5,217,937 7.1
Islwyn 291,488 7,755,640 3.8
Swansea 262,300 15,220,263 1.7
South Pembroke 253,775 3,273,486 7.8
Brecknock 212,141 3,253,733 6.5
Vale of Glamorgan 194,940 8,311,688 2.3
Carmarthen 147,484 4,100,876 3.6
Neath 125,925 6,088,843 2.1
Ceredigion 125,000 4,374,924 2.9
Colwyn 100,000 2,641,777 3.8
Monmouth 57,068 5,947,551 1.0
Dinefwr 38,985 2,128,935 1.8
Alyn and Deeside 27,897 4,071,276 .7
Arfon 25,000 4,570,790 .5
Meirionnydd 13,506 2,110,984 .6
Preseli Pembs 1,676 5,801,482 .0
Port Talbot 240 6,172,440 .0

1983–84
RFC to HRA Total Expenditure Balance as percentage of total Expenditure
Rhondda 1,286,326 6,323,223 20.3
Wrexham Maelor 913,982 11,163,469 8.2
Swansea 780,200 16,331,653 4.8
Cardiff 750,000 26,395,110 2.8
Merthyr Tydfil 624,079 7,432,180 8.4
Torfaen 435,485 9,838,861 4.4
Cynon Valley 331,427 5,240,758 6.3
Ynys Mon 324,337 5,349,926 6.1
Taff Ely 301,557 9,039,293 3.3
Islwyn 275,000 7,537,601 3.6
Ceredigion 200,000 4,701,510 4.3
Newport 182,000 18,896,416 1.0
Vale of Glamorgan 177,668 8,582,170 2.1
Carmarthen 148,122 4,357,749 3.4
Blaenau Gwent 139,093 15,466,512 .9
Brecknock 124,128 3,281,084 3.8
Meirionnydd 83,317 2,258,274 3.7
Monmouth 61,348 6,439,246 1.0
Montgomeryshire 60,036 3,468,764 1.7
Neath 59,820 6,297,237 .9
Glyndwr 39,682 2,906,142 1.4
Arfon 25,000 4,888,135 .5
Alyn and Deeside 11,845 4,435,207 .3
Preseli Pembs 1,517 6,091,256 .0
Port Talbot 240 7,442,660 .0

1984–85
RFC to HRA Total Expenditure Balance as percentage of total Expenditure
Rhondda 1,243,202 6,569,290 18.9
Wrexham Maelor 576,162 11,856,567 4.9

1984–85
RFC to HRA Total Expenditure Balance as percentage of total Expenditure
Swansea 550,300 17,863,485 3.1
Torfaen 438,083 10,285,627 4.3
Rhymney Valley 335,657 12,013,840 2.8
Monmouth 301,317 6,309,947 4.8
Taff Ely 299,857 9,273,141 3.2
Vale of Glamorgan 200,398 9,974,374 2.0
Cynon Valley 159,495 5,506,175 2.9
Carmarthen 152,362 4,699,672 3.2
Merthyr Tydfil 139,756 7,516,305 1.9
Ynys Mon 100,684 5,372,225 1.9
Brecknock 76,577 3,344,241 2.3
Neath 59,820 6,496,239 0.9
Blaenau Gwent 53,327 14,439,193 0.4
Meirionnydd 34,513 2,299,377 1.5
Alyn and Deeside 19,529 4,685,771 0.4
Arfon 11,000 4,984,024 0.2
Dinefwr 6,252 2,432,883 0.3
Preseli Pembs 1,564 6,225,912 0.0
Port Talbot 240 6,842,560 0.0

1985–86
RFC to HRA Total Expenditure Balance as percentage of total Expenditure
Rhondda 1,401,655 7,130,406 19.7
Delyn 445,659 5,669,612 7.9
Merthyr Tydfil 289,640 8,194,456 3.5
Wrexham Maelor 272,040 13,085,185 2.1
Cynon Valley 256,268 5,989,515 4.3
Torfaen 185,648 10,196,725 1.8
Brecknock 155,528 3,505,319 4.4
Carmarthen 152,880 5,181,979 3.0
Swansea 105,100 18,519,632 0.6
Vale of Glamorgan 87,436 11,566,657 0.8
Islwyn 75,227 8,280,268 0.9
Arlon 29,000 5,233,773 0.6
Alyn and Deeside 25,181 4,861,553 0.5
Dinefwr 12,166 2,570,371 0.5
Preseli Pembs 1,635 6,746,141 0.0
Port Talbot 240 7,837,817 0.0

1986–87 (provisional)
RFC to HRA Total Expenditure Balance as percentage of total Expenditure
Rhondda 927,711 6,878,214 13.5
Delyn 524,363 5,819,289 9.0
Wrexham Maelor 342,119 12,651,623 2.7
Torfaen 231,356 18,485,541 1.3
Ynys Mon 215,000 5,763,404 3.7
Swansea 181,144 19,209,883 0.9
Carmarthen 152,669 5,192,181 2.9
Brecknock 122,985 3,499,793 3.5
Islwyn 91,820 8,624,947 1.1
Lliw Valley 89,283 6,880,619 1.3
Meirionnydd 59,277 2,911,710 2.0
Arfon 30,000 5,418,167 0.6
Alyn and Deeside 21,548 5,032,379 0.4
Cynon Valley 6,681 6,106,841 0.1
Preseli Pembs 1,452 6,937,540 0.0
Port Talbot 240 8,592,725 0.0

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