HC Deb 21 July 1988 vol 137 cc743-5W
Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the number of dwellings identified as unfit in the Welsh housing condition survey in 1979 and 1988 in each local authority area together with the percentage of the total housing stock in each local

Dwellings identified as unfit in the 1981 and 1986 Welsh house condition survey
1981 1986
Welsh districts Unfit dwellings Percentage total of housing stock1 Percentage of all unfit dwellings Unfit dwellings Percentage total of housing stock1 Percentage of all unfit dwellings
Alyn and Deeside — — — 1,300 4.9 1.7
Colwyn — — — 300 1.5 0.4
Delyn — — — 500 2.2 0.7
Glyndwr — — — 800 4.9 1.0
Rhuddlan — — — 600 2.6 0.7
Wrexham Maelor — — — 1,700 3.8 2.1
TOTAL CLWYD 6,300 4.1 6.9 5,300 3.4 6.6

authority area that these figures represent and the percentage each local authority figure represents as a percentage of all unfit dwellings in Wales.

Mr. Grist

[holding answer 18 July 1988] : This information is only available for 1981 and 1986 when house condition surveys were carried out. The data requested, at county level only in 1981 and for each local authority area in 1986, are given in the table:

1981 1986
Welsh districts Unfit dwellings Percentage total of housing stock1 Percentage of all unfit dwellings Unfit dwellings Percentage total of housing stock1 Percentage of all unfit dwellings
Carmarthen — — — 1,400 6.5 1.8
Ceredigion — — — 4,100 15.9 5.1
Dinefwr — — — 2,100 13.9 2.7
Llanelli — — — 3,200 10.5 4.0
Preseli — — — 3,200 11.9 4.0
South Pembroke — — — 1,000 6.6 1.3
TOTAL DYFED 13,400 11.1 14.7 15,100 11.1 18.8
Blaenau Gwent — — — 3,400 10.9 4.2
Islwyn — — — 800 3.2 1.0
Monmouth — — — 2,200 8.0 2.8
Newport — — — 1,300 2.5 1.6
Torfaen — — — 1,100 3.1 1.4
TOTAL GWENT 17,000 10.6 18.7 8,800 5.1 11.0
Aberconwy — — — 300 1.4 0.4
Arfon — — — 1,500 7.0 1.9
Dwyfor — — — 2,100 16.9 2.7
Meirionnydd — — — 400 2.6 0.5
Ynys Môn — — — 1,100 4.0 1.4
TOTAL GWYNEDD 4,700 5.4 5.2 5,500 5.5 6.9
Cynon Valley — — — 4,400 16.4 5.5
Merthyr Tydfil — — — 2,500 10.5 3.1
Ogwr — — — 3,900 7.8 4.8
Rhondda — — — 4,900 15.3 6.1
Rhymney Valley — — — 2,100 5.5 2.6
Taff-Ely — — — 2,700 7.8 3.4
TOTAL MID GLAMORGAN 20,500 10.5 22.6 20,400 9.9 25.6
Brecknock — — — 1,100 6.6 1.3
Montgomeryshire — — — 1,800 8.7 2.2
Radnor — — — 500 5.5 0.6
TOTAL POWYS 4,200 10.4 4.6 3,400 7.3 4.2
Cardiff — — — 9,100 8.5 11.4
Vale of Glamorgan — — — 1,800 4.2 2.2
TOTAL SOUTH GLAMORGAN 11,800 8.6 13.0 10,800 7.3 13.6
Lliw Valley — — — 1,900 8.0 2.4
Neath — — — 2,000 7.6 2.5
Port Talbot (Afan) — — — 1,400 6.7 1.7
Swansea — — — 5,300 7.4 6.7
TOTAL WEST GLAMORGAN 13,000 9.6 14.3 10,600 7.4 13.3
WALES TOTAL (LOCAL AUTHORITIES) 90,000 8.8 — 79,900 7.2 —
1 Calculated using a total stock figure for all first homes.