HC Deb 21 December 1988 vol 144 cc291-2W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for each district(a) the number of local housing authority tenants who receive housing benefit and (b) the number of housing association tenants who receive housing benefit.

Mr. Grist

The number of local housing authority tenants who were in receipt of housing benefit during 1987–88 is given in the table.

Information on the number of housing association tenants in each local authority district who receive housing benefit is not available.

Local Authority Tenants in receipt of Housing Benefit in 1987–1988
Number
Aberconwy 2,220
Alyn and Deeside 4,300
Arfon 4,300
Blaenau Gwent 7,841
Brecknock 2,017
Cardiff 16,217
Carmarthen 2,369
Ceredigion 2,257
Colwyn 2,450
Cynon Valley 4,213
Delyn 3,857
Dinefwr 3,947
Dwyfor 1,115
Glyndwr 2,265
Islwyn 4,477
Llanelli 5,323
Lliw Valley 3,804
Meirionnydd 1,505
Merthyr Tydfil 5,843
Monmouth 3,404
Montgomery 2,245
Neath 4,518
Newport 10,400
Ogwr 8,017
Port Talbot 4,357
Preseli Pembrokeshire 4,387
Radnor 720
Rhondda 4,220
Rhuddlan 2,050
Rhymney Valley 8,237
South Pembrokeshire 2,261
Swansea 13,681
Number
Taff-Ely 6,034
Torfaen 10,082
Vale of Glamorgan 4,776
Wrexham Maelor 9,593
Ynys Mon 4,462
Wales 183,764