HC Deb 03 March 1988 vol 128 cc658-9W
Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many households in each district authority area in Wales include at least one pensioner; and what proportion of those households(a) share a lavatory with another household, (b) share a bath with another household, (c) have no bath and (d) have no inside lavatory.

Mr. Ian Grist

Estimates from the Welsh intercensal survey 1986 are given in the table:

Total pensioner households Shared WC Shared Bath-Shower No Bath-Shower No inside WC
per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent.
Radnor 3,500 0.0 0.3 5.4 6.2
Cardiff 35,000 0.4 0.8 1.5 2.8
Vale of Glamorgan 13,500 0.4 0.4 0.2 1.2
Port Talbot 7,000 0.0 2.0 2.0 5.1
Lliw valley 8,400 0.0 0.0 1.6 6.4
Neath 9,100 0.0 1.9 0.6 3.6
Swansea 25,100 0.4 0.4 2.1 3.5
Total 383,400 0.2 0.4 3.1 4.4