§ Mr. SquireTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the total rateable value grant-related expenditure assessment from 1981–82, population, total expenditure and rateable value per head, in total, for local authorities in Wales in each year from 1979–80 to 1988–89, estimate.
§ Mr. GristThe information requested, taken from the latest rate support grant report for each year from 1981–82 to 1988–89, is given in the table. Comparable information for 1979–80 and 1980–81 is not available.
grant purposes. The current expenditure targets set for 1981–82 have been compared with actual current expenditure reduced to allow for any spending disregards and revalued to the November 1980 rate support grant price base used for the targets. To compare spending in the years from 1982–83 to 1985–86 with total expenditure targets, actual total expenditure adjusted for disregards has been used. No expenditure targets have been set since 1985–86.
need of repair, (ii) without one or more basic amenities, (iii) without an inside toilet and (iv) without a fixed bath; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GristThe information on housing starts and completions is given in the table. In 1986 there were 11,200 dwellings in Clwyd and 14,000 in Gwynedd in serious disrepair (that is, with repair costs of £3,000 or over) and 3,800 in Clwyd and 3,700 in Gwynedd lacking one or more 289W basic amenity. There were 1,800 dwellings in Clwyd and 1,700 in Gwynedd lacking a WC inside the dwelling and 1,600 in Clwyd and 1,800 in Gwynedd lacking a fixed bath or shower. Since 1979, some 12,076 renovation grants have been completed in Gwynedd and 7,500 completed in Clwyd.
Dwelling starts and completions; Clwyd and Gwynedd; 1979 and 1987 Dwellings started Dwellings completed 1979 1987 1979 1987 Clwyd Alyn and Deeside 275 275 257 257 Colwyn 511 394 373 251 Delyn 233 227 166 189 Glyndwr 166 197 210 125 Rhuddlan 323 126 290 151 Wrexham Maelor 786 329 474 352 2,294 1,548 1,770 1,325 Gwynedd Aberconwy 185 156 237 255 Arfon 137 178 134 158 Dwyfor 203 64 226 104 Meirionydd 80 26 95 20 Ynys Mon 553 176 403 175 1,158 600 1,095 712