§ Mr. WigleyTo 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. GristThe 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.
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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