HC Deb 28 January 1987 vol 109 cc291-3W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many habitable dwellings will be available in Wales in April 1987; and what was the corresponding figure for April 1985.

Mr. Mark Robinson

Reliable estimates of the numbers of habitable dwellings in April 1985 and April 1987 are not available.

Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of total expenditure in Wales was represented by capital expenditure on housing in each of the past 10 years; and what was, in real terms, the capital expenditure on housing in Wales for each of the past 10 years.

Mr. Mark Robinson

The information is estimated to be as follows:

Net capital public expenditure on housing as a proportion of total net public expenditure within the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Wales
Per cent.
1977–78 8.2
1978–79 7.2
1979–80 7.4
1980–81 5.6
1981–82 2.8

Per cent.
1982–83 3.9
1983–84 6.8
1984–85 4.5
1985–86 3.8
11986–87 4.4
1 Estimated

Because total public expenditure is measured net of receipts and other income, no account has been taken in the calculation of that element of housing capital expenditure which has been financed by receipts.

Net capital public expenditure on housing in real terms (1985–86 prices)
£ million
1977–78 222
1978–79 202
1979–80 211
1980–81 161
1981–82 77
1982–83 109
1983–84 195
1984–85 126
1985–86 105
1986–87 130

Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what information there is as to the proportion of homes in Wales in need of repairs exceeding £7,000 in cost and whether the Welsh housing survey identifies those occupied by pensioners, unemployed persons, single parent families, disabled people and people with low incomes, respectively.

Mr. Mark Robinson

The available information from the "Welsh House Condition Survey 1981" is given in the following table:

Dwellings needing repairs exceeding £7,000
Percentage
Wales total 5
Pensioner households 8
Head of household seeking work 6
Head of household permanently sick/disabled 6

No information relating to single-parent families or income was collected in the 1981 survey. When the results are available the analysis in the 1986 survey should, however, make it possible to provide this information for all the sectors requested.

Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table giving, by quarter since their inception, for Wales the numbers of dwellings insulated under local authorities energy conservation programmes, and the number of dwellings insulated under the homes insulation scheme.

Mr. Mark Robinson

The information is shown in the following table:

Number of dwellings insulated
Local Authority Energy Conservation Programme1 Home Insulation Schemes2
Number of dwellings Number of dwellings
1978–79:
1st quarter 1,759 n.a.

Local Authority Energy Conservation Programme1 Home Insulation Schemes2
Number of dwellings Number of dwellings
2nd quarter 5,007 n.a.
3rd quarter 6,129 5,815
4th quarter 8,134 7,983
Total 1978–79 21,029 n.a.
1979–80:
1st quarter 5,108 4,636
2nd quarter 9,307 2,527
3rd quarter 7,340 5,085
4th quarter 5,245 7,644
Total 1979–80 27,000 19,892
1980–81:
1st quarter 4,213 3,385
2nd quarter 4,119 2,543
3rd quarter 3,089 5,951
4th quarter 3,653 6,632
Total 1980–81 15,074 18,511
1981–82:
1st quarter n.a. 6,192
2nd quarter n.a. 4,656
3rd quarter n.a. 6,751
4th quarter n.a. 7,929
Total 1981–82 n.a. 25,528
1982–83:
1st quarter n.a. 5,915
2nd quarter n.a. 6,969
3rd quarter n.a. 8,139
4th quarter n.a. 9,720
Total 1982–83 n.a. 30,743
1983–84:
1st quarter n.a. 6,571
2nd quarter n.a. 6,078
3rd quarter n.a. 7,005
4th quarter 1,704 4,996
Total 1983–84 n.a. 24,650
1984–85:
1st quarter 176 5,280
2nd quarter 577 3,987
3rd quarter 790 5,560
4th quarter 1,855 6,377
Total 1984–85 3,398 21,204
1985–86:
1st quarter 391 5,065
2nd quarter 1,030 5,084
3rd quarter 718 6,052
4th quarter 2,731 8,647
Total 1985–86 4,870 24,848
1986–87:
1st quarter 545 5,971
2nd quarter 322 4,680
Total two quarters 1986–87 867 10,651
1 The collection of these data was discontinued in 1981–82 and partly reintroduced in 1984.
2 Homes insulation scheme was introduced in September 1978.

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