§ Mr. Dafydd Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he has any plans to replace his Department's 1984 circular on housing provision in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GristThe Secretary of State has no plans to replace circular 47/84, "Land for Housing in Wales". However, further guidance on procedures involved in securing an adequate housing land supply is under consideration.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many houses are available for rent in (a) the public sector and (b) the private sector, in each district authority area in Wales; and what were the corresponding figures for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Grist[pursuant to his reply, 21 July 1987]: The numbers of vacant local authority dwellings available for letting are set out in the following tables. Similar information is not available in respect of housing association or private sector dwellings.
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Welsh Districts 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Llanelli — — 5 2 3 12 14 12 10 Lliw Valley n/a — — — 1 2 4 7 6 Meirionnydd 10 5 6 7 5 16 7 6 2 Merthyr Tydfil 48 10 26 34 — 36 94 — 10 Monmouth n/a 21 11 43 6 10 19 13 21 Montgomeryshire 8 — 21 47 43 43 15 16 24 Neath 12 — — — 50 30 22 22 22 Newport n/a 29 35 250 176 169 55 157 130 Ogwr 12 10 9 30 40 35 30 25 32 Port Talbot-Afan 24 — 10 127 5 15 10 15 25 Preseli 29 6 6 13 54 48 21 19 8 Radnor — — — — — — 4 10 4 Rhondda 20 47 18 188 32 52 13 19 20 Rhuddlan — — 11 — — — — 18 15 Rhymney Valley n/a — 3 6 6 — — 10 14 South Pembrokeshire n/a — 19 27 29 9 28 — 4 Swansea 46 14 29 62 86 51 38 125 115 Taff-Ely 4 — — — 2 13 8 6 8 Torfaen 9 17 7 21 22 27 20 18 39 Vale of Glamorgan 53 54 51 77 15 83 95 7 1 Wrexham Maelor 162 275 147 302 341 474 247 16 49 Ynys Môn n/a n/a 7 36 — 10 20 12 7 Wales total (LA) 570 680 561 2,005 1,389 1,603 1,100 732 758 Cwmbran — — — — — — — — — Newtown — — — — — — — — — Wales total (ALL) — — — — — — — — —