§ Mr. RowlandsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what his estimate is of the number of outstanding applications for(a) general and repair grants, (b) standard grants and (c) improvement grants for each district authority; and how many of these grants in each category and district have been outstanding for (i) four years, (ii) three years, (iii) two years, (iv) one year and (v) under one year.
§ Mr. GristThe numbers of renovation grant applications outstanding at September 1987 and the estimated numbers outstanding since April 1986 or earlier are shown in the following tables. Information is not collected regularly on the period for which grants have been outstanding.
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Welsh districts Improvement and Conversion Repairs Intermediate Special Total Ynys Môn 70 328 10 0 408 WALES TOTAL 8,751 28,009 4,104 231 41,095
Number of pre-April 1986 renovation grant applications outstanding at September 1987 Welsh districts Improvement and conversion Repairs Intermediate Special Total Aberconwy — — — — — Alyn and Deeside 41 179 — — 220 Arfon — — — — — Blaenau Gwent 913 2,801 307 — 4,021 Brecknock 32 340 — — 372 Cardiff 805 1,841 — — 2,646 Carmarthen 35 57 — — 92 Ceredigion 109 684 — — 793 Colwyn 32 55 — 2 89 Cynon Valley — — — — — Delyn — 1 — — — Dinefwr 38 306 — — 344 Dwyfor 44 267 — — 311 Glyndwr 85 158 24 — 267 Islwyn 71 89 — — 160 Llanelli — — — — — Lliw Valley 1 3 — — 4 Meirionnydd — — — — — Merthyr Tydfil — 978 — — 978 Monmouth 3 — — — 3 Montgomeryshire 38 338 31 — 407 Neath 180 528 — — 708 Newport 298 1,119 67 — 1,484 Ogwr 17 15 3 — 35 Port Talbot/Afan 85 341 — — 426 Preseli 316 400 — — 716 Radnor 70 150 — — 220 Rhondda 1,185 2,701 — — 3,886 Rhuddlan 40 16 — — 56 Rhymney Valley 273 2,028 — — 2,301 South Pembrokeshire 24 22 2 — 48 Swansea — — — — — Taff Ely — — — — — Torfaen 171 596 174 — 941 Vale of Glamorgan 14 818 — — 832 Wrexham Maelor 35 175 — — 210 Ynys Win 86 301 — — 387 Wales Total (LA) 5,041 17,307 608 2 22,958