Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list(a) the number of dwellings owned, (b) the number of dwellings built, (c) the number of dwellings sold and (d) the number of dwellings purchased from the private sector, in each year since 1980 by each housing authority in Wales.
§ Mr. Grist[holding answer 11 April 1989]: The information requested is given in the following tables: 247W
(a) Estimates of local authority or New Town owned stock at 1 April1 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Aberconwy 4,020 4,151 3,718 3,420 3,450 3,270 3,227 3,139 Alyn and Deeside 6,135 5,944 5,730 5,647 5,658 5,619 5,573 5,503 Arfon 5,998 5,979 5,643 5,515 5,422 5,358 5,304 5,237 Blaenau Gwent 11,405 11,673 11,629 11,629 11,301 11,123 11,012 10,871 Brecknock 3,838 3,894 3,509 3,337 3,264 3,172 3,095 3,019 Cardiff 24,600 25,238 25,009 23,644 23,408 23,189 22,551 21,776 Carmarthen 4,142 4,116 3,926 3,827 3,818 3,779 3,740 3,711 Ceredigion 4,122 4,119 3,954 3,751 3,786 3,758 3,700 3,662 Colwyn 3,128 3,143 3,092 3,010 2,998 2,939 2,877 2,821 Cynon Valley 6,371 6,521 6,217 5,815 5,804 5,763 5,699 5,596 Delyn 6,193 5,896 5,519 5,285 5,252 5,161 5,088 4,992 Dinefwr 3,035 3,104 3,005 2,880 2,821 2,846 2,795 2,755 Dwyfor 1,681 1,710 1,634 1,562 1,535 1,510 1,490 1,484 Glyndwr 3,969 3,977 3,801 3,501 3,419 3,343 3,284 3,217 Islwyn 8,988 9,070 8,804 7,468 7,148 7,003 6,858 6,667 Llanelli 9,516 9,504 9,010 8,375 8,009 7,702 7,626 7,529 Lliw Valley 6,020 6,210 6,065 5,651 5,607 5,536 5.547 5,458 Meirionnydd 2,687 2,732 2,669 2,388 2,362 2,320 2,259 2,203 Merthyr Tydfil 8,389 8,619 8,356 7,952 7,808 7,695 7,541 7,357 Monmouth 6,282 6,034 5,943 5,641 5,567 5,452 5,388 5,351 Montgomery2 5,085 5,248 4,928 4,688 4,575 4,624 4,626 4,503 Neath 7,454 7,560 7,014 6,660 6,508 6,385 6,190 6,096 Newport 15,711 15,685 15,357 14,989 14,507 14,340 14,020 13,839 Ogwr 12,916 13,087 12,820 11,769 11,376 11,141 10,892 10,613 Port Talbot (Afan) 9,042 9,014 8,782 8,260 7,682 7,381 7,115 6,834 Preseli 7,327 7,335 6,783 6,544 6,377 6,278 6,286 6,200 Radnor 1,519 1,548 1,459 1,370 1,281 1,286 1,268 1,262 Rhondda 5,255 5,428 5,395 5,240 5,217 5,291 5,234 5,153 Rhuddlan 3,131 3,201 3,097 3,016 2,900 2,897 2,907 2,905 Rhymney Valley 12,635 12,895 12,378 11,667 11,292 11,089 10,920 10,641 South Pembrokeshire 3,677 3,635 3,487 3,348 3,216 3,166 3,112 3,072 Swansea 19,863 19,996 19,630 19,261 19,164 19,048 18,788 18,554 Taff-Ely 10,066 10,058 9,815 9,405 9,198 8,932 8,609 8,3:56 Torfaen3 18,496 19,014 17,589 16,074 15,524 15,092 14,787 14,5:59 Vale of Glamorgan 8,693 8,405 8,074 7,701 7,449 7,203 7,105 6,927 Wrexham Maelor 17,949 18,060 17,556 17,125 17,017 16,941 16,857 16,666 Ynys Môn 6,455 6,659 6,397 6,196 6,155 6,180 6,087 6,037 WALES 295,793 298,462 287,794 273,611 267,875 263,812 259,457 254,565 1 Estimates for the years 1981 to 1985 have been revised since previous publication. 2 Includes New Town dwellings in Newtown. 3 Includes New Town dwellings in Cwmbran. 248W249W
(b) Number of dwellings built by local authorities or New Towns 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 Aberconwy 104 19 0 38 0 20 0 0 Alyn and Deeside 35 35 58 78 39 30 33 49 Arfon 17 29 40 0 34 3 0 18 Blaenau Gwent 230 291 60 0 73 5 0 27 Brecknock 40 0 36 32 0 12 0 25 Cardiff 482 368 213 273 353 48 0 6 Carmarthen 85 57 80 91 65 6 35 26 Ceredigion 90 81 76 64 101 0 41 43 Colwyn 126 40 0 50 24 0 18 0 Cynon Valley 24 0 14 0 40 0 0 25 Delyn 48 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 Dinefwr 57 42 17 7 71 0 34 32 Dwyfor 17 16 6 5 0 9 4 0 Glyndwr 27 102 51 13 0 0 0 0 Islwyn 26 119 44 55 34 21 40 64 Llanelli 58 54 44 24 0 67 73 37 Lliw Valley 155 150 40 88 115 11 34 33 Meirionnydd 38 45 37 12 12 0 0 0 Merthyr Tydfil 228 96 12 11 5 0 0 4 Monmouth 93 86 0 101 99 38 74 15 Montgomery1 53 99 67 8 95 48 16 26 Neath 73 40 26 57 68 16 28 38 Newport 167 282 83 54 154 93 93 97 Ogwr 140 218 46 22 77 109 44 55 Port Talbot (Afan) 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 Preseli 64 17 0 0 0 0 11 39 Radnor 30 20 20 31 38 10 14 0 Rhondda 155 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rhuddlan 57 31 59 20 51 24 44 41 Rhymney Valley 183 97 56 107 51 37 0 0
1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 South Pembrokeshire 41 0 0 6 21 0 0 0 Swansea 58 93 116 20 94 57 15 14 Taff-Ely 173 86 69 124 39 0 32 50 Torfaen2 274 176 121 213 199 44 106 20 Vale of Glamorgan 119 74 73 0 38 0 36 3 Wrexham Maelor 40 104 69 62 61 70 7 55 Ynys Mon 200 62 36 35 91 20 25 22 WALES 3,807 3,185 1,676 1,701 2,142 798 857 864 1 Includes New Town dwellings in Newtown. 2 Includes New Town dwellings in Cwmbran.
(c) Number of dwellings sold by local authorities or New Towns 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 Aberconwy 0 297 400 145 84 82 87 81 Alyn and Deeside 253 225 141 73 65 76 103 137 Arfon 4 357 176 112 93 65 72 63 Blaenau Gwent 9 340 323 160 92 108 153 171 Brecknock 0 396 152 120 108 90 99 92 Cardiff 11 475 1,604 651 566 611 775 591 Carmarthen 123 263 167 103 102 59 74 79 Ceredigion 54 221 258 128 83 57 79 74 Colwyn 75 97 77 67 54 66 74 75 Cynon Valley 0 249 317 104 90 76 103 124 Delyn 358 326 256 76 55 65 96 129 Dinefwr 0 128 140 64 44 52 74 76 Dwyfor 0 85 80 37 23 27 15 13 Glyndwr 4 229 285 99 75 63 67 63 Islwyn 0 326 1,304 405 212 175 233 263 Llanelli 31 618 530 479 293 159 171 206 Lliw Valley 0 278 447 123 79 117 129 145 Meirionnydd 0 116 227 109 61 57 56 52 Merthyr Tydfil 0 317 387 165 115 167 185 216 Monmouth 147 240 251 181 166 140 129 193 Montgomery1 0 414 267 120 74 84 133 155 Neath 4 603 361 125 123 124 146 200 Newport 98 628 489 414 355 341 275 277 Ogwr 0 440 1,073 401 348 318 325 382 Port Talbot (Afan) 14 231 537 521 293 280 281 295 Preseli 33 570 281 158 111 104 100 122 Radnor 0 112 114 94 29 28 23 45 Rhondda 0 127 65 40 22 55 81 59 Rhuddlan 3 120 139 129 61 30 46 85 Rhymney Valley 1 530 820 383 246 196 274 260 South Pembrokeshire 99 62 134 136 55 45 40 67 Swansea 17 336 468 219 156 207 254 381 Taff-Ely 15 452 457 462 261 266 293 377 Torfaen2 331 1,072 1,561 741 694 486 334 317 Vale of Glamorgan 452 370 422 298 212 207 223 195 Wrexham Maelor 0 530 497 161 138 154 199 188 Ynys Môn 0 277 270 89 57 96 75 65 WALES 2,136 12,457 15,477 7,892 5,695 5,333 5,876 6,313 1 Includes sales of New Town dwellings in Newtown. 2 Includes sales of New Town dwellings in Cwmbran. 250W251W
(d) Number of dwellings purchased by local authorities or New Towns1 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 Aberconwy 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 2 Alyn and Deeside 0 2 6 5 2 3 0 0 Arfon 7 0 3 11 2 5 5 2 Blaenau Gwent 0 0 2 2 0 0 12 22 Brecknock 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 15 Cardiff 0 1 0 1 0 3 4 3 Carmarthen 5 1 1 2 7 3 11 3 Ceredigion 0 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 Colwyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cynon Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Delyn 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 Dinefwr 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Dwyfor 2 0 1 4 1 4 5 7 Glyndwr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Islwyn 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 2 Llanelli 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Lliw Valley 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 5
1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 Meirionnydd 7 1 1 4 2 0 0 2 Merthyr Tydfil 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 0 Monmouth 0 0 0 0 0 6 18 12 Montgomery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Neath 3 8 9 9 1 22 29 25 Newport 19 19 2 2 1 61 68 40 Ogwr 0 0 1 2 2 16 21 47 Port Talbot (Afan) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Preseli 7 4 5 3 2 7 3 0 Radnor 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 Rhondda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Rhuddlan 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Rhymney Valley 0 0 2 0 3 0 8 79 South Pembrokeshire 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 Swansea 0 0 5 4 0 1 4 9 Taff-Ely 4 0 2 3 0 8 9 1 Torfaen 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 Vale of Glamorgan 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 3 Wrexham Maelor 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Ynys Môn 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 WALES 60 43 45 64 30 157 295 287 1 Figures since 1985–86 include re-purchases under Part XVI of the Housing Act 1985.