HC Deb 14 March 1989 vol 149 cc132-5W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number of applications for home improvement grants and the number accepted for each year since 1979, by district and at constant prices.

Mr. Ian Grist

[holding answer 9 March 1989]: The information available is shown in the following tables:

1982–832 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Taff-Ely 5,411 1,336 649 266 513 587
Brecknock 2,046 419 83 120 165 231
Montgomery 2,294 464 95 103 77 118
Radnor 530 222 92 97 123 104
Cardiff 11,521 5,364 2,060 3,608 4,053 4,296
Vale of Glamorgan 4,075 578 249 450 452 391
Port Talbot (Afan) 660 1,131 100 114 184 1,233
Lliw Valley 972 468 340 377 506 610
Neath 2,551 259 283 258 491 498
Swansea 8,357 2,331 1,617 1,909 1,594 1,767
Wales 121,101 32,773 15,964 21,788 23,475 24,637
1 Number of renovation grant applications are not available prior to 9 March 1982.
2 Total grant applications between 9 March 1982 and 31 December 1983.

(b) Number of renovation grant approvals
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Alyn and Deeside 109 125 153 397 428 154 86 242 226 243
Colwyn 156 135 76 182 328 60 213 274 278 341
Delyn 133 69 153 259 328 160 150 195 266 152
Glyndwr 78 68 78 330 500 230 95 106 206 180
Rhuddlan 32 16 22 54 94 68 52 84 83 63
Wrexham Maelor 72 88 25 170 140 94 85 115 71 96
Carmarthen 298 244 180 633 1,790 424 617 445 468 465
Ceredigion 176 165 130 365 999 68 337 316 108 291
Dinefwr 181 49 45 160 461 171 130 150 125 165
Llanelli 338 123 132 323 1,523 258 484 515 461 853
Preseli 187 177 188 373 902 196 423 397 427 443
South Pembrokeshire 131 95 162 483 682 605 286 555 440 447
Blaenau Gwent 275 220 169 928 2,325 319 225 776 907 345
Islwyn 286 176 214 528 997 978 1,447 1,186 1,419 1,582
Monmouth 115 116 100 364 912 196 335 237 413 89
Newport 240 160 288 1,147 1,108 413 1,021 55 517 874
Torfaen 98 47 87 414 773 404 286 370 433 444
Aberconwy 117 104 127 168 301 220 209 155 195 203
Arfon 279 275 269 412 698 465 562 553 468 437
Dwyfor 101 50 141 528 758 289 79 194 132 154
Meirionnydd 120 104 69 353 1,208 861 68 223 61 116
Ynys Mon 114 84 75 264 1,271 198 162 196 232 303
Cynon Valley 225 171 158 422 677 221 348 1,263 1,518 1,430
Merthyr Tydfil 202 81 225 705 2,068 377 420 547 606 1,036
Ogwr 493 329 455 700 1,418 1,125 574 1,120 904 1,267
Rhondda 514 415 782 1,723 3,570 5,068 579 2,329 1,332 1,642
Rhymney Valley 331 207 355 953 1,192 944 393 739 952 954
Taff-Ely 320 291 854 1,432 2,205 557 677 742 256 587
Brecknock 124 127 141 296 776 111 62 202 331 236
Montgomery 69 59 63 471 733 139 167 228 116 279
Radnor 72 58 31 204 372 82 181 127 101 92
Cardiff 497 457 698 1,425 4,031 1,821 2,866 3,122 3,051 3,107
Vale of Glamorgan 228 207 316 788 1,101 402 205 590 452 386
Port Talbot (Afan) 202 157 163 225 204 68 186 403 609 451
Lliw Valley 301 283 222 402 261 315 339 535 484 574
Neath 394 141 235 884 1,727 259 304 656 774 493
Swansea 977 937 444 1,501 1,987 1,546 2,046 1,219 1,276 1,279
Wales 8,585 6,610 8,025 20,966 40,848 19,866 16,699 21,661 20,698 22,099

(c) Value of Renovation Grant approvals (£000) at 1988 prices1 2
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Alyn and Deeside — — — 1,033 1,484 636 285 937 788 871
Colwyn — — — 1,020 1,817 203 751 1,050 1,102 1,088
Delyn — — — 999 1,108 660 422 487 695 391
Glyndwr — — — 1,261 2,496 1,486 423 454 757 664
Rhuddlan — — — 57 213 135 83 161 218 170
Wrexham Maelor — — — 586 572 408 316 413 231 313
Carmarthen — — — 3,250 8,623 2,052 2,728 2,144 2,028 1,772
Ceredigion — — — 1,987 5,876 302 1,624 1,555 421 1,083
Dinefwr — — — 805 2,159 580 378 439 381 519
Llanelli — — — 1,136 4,371 797 1,819 1,323 1,252 2,235
Preseli — — — 2,074 5,598 976 2,138 1,669 1,792 1,537
South Pembrokeshire — — — 2,518 3,503 3,047 1,300 2,610 2,258 2,189
Blaenau Gwent — — — 4,332 9,705 1,038 1,028 3,202 3,295 1,153
Islwyn — — — 2,061 3,639 2,780 3,656 3,698 4,343 4,230
Monmouth — — — 1,505 4,024 977 1,068 767 1,265 173
Newport — — — 5,086 6,313 1,846 3,321 1,917 2,127 3,287

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Torfaen — — — 1,410 2,658 1,716 998 1,014 1,610 1,837
Aberconwy — — — 752 1,159 707 679 473 579 654
Arfon — — — 1,588 3,112 2,275 2,442 2,278 1,735 1,567
Dwyfor — — — 2,305 3,327 1,252 333 877 523 648
Meirionnydd — — — 1,407 5,152 3,893 236 881 211 402
Ynys Mon — — — 1,336 6,581 833 627 750 890 1,078
Cynon Valley — — — 2,443 3,837 843 1,363 4,098 5,562 2,979
Merthyr Tydfil — — — 2,167 5,245 1,211 1,233 1,515 1,532 2,539
Ogwr — — — 3,276 4,696 3,384 1,322 3,855 2,851 3,490
Rhondda — — — 6,165 12,540 17,854 1,883 7,493 4,605 5,561
Rhymney Valley — — — 2,769 4,848 3,900 1,298 2,704 3,639 3,396
Taff-Ely — — — 4,576 8,202 2,273 2,601 3,377 641 1,508
Brecknock — — — 1,155 3,165 479 235 499 753 599
Montgomery — — — 2,032 3,290 547 619 758 369 877
Radnor — — — 694 1,398 409 530 333 352 248
Cardiff — — — 5,080 16,228 6,959 10,158 12,250 11,735 10,622
Vale of Glamorgan — — — 3,027 4,553 1,769 859 2,321 1,554 1,351
Port Talbot (Afan) — — — 534 636 250 392 965 590 1,268
Lliw Valley — — — 1,806 1,096 1,413 1,299 2,093 1,520 1,612
Neath — — — 2,093 4,884 604 841 1,236 1,824 962
Swansea — — — 6,510 8,396 6,937 7,947 5,194 5,640 5,770
Wales 31,265 21,324 30,520 82,476 166,503 77,428 59,233 77,791 71,665 70,643
1 Information by district is not readily available prior to 1982.
2 Value of approvals has been expressed at 1988 prices using GDP deflators.

This does not include allocations for area based renovations for which the totals are as follows:

1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
£ million £ million £ million
11 20 24

£ million
Capital allocations: UDG
Local authority 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Alyn and Deeside District Council — 0.062 0.012 0.008 0.694 —
Colwyn Borough Council — — 0.092 0.229 0.114 —
Delyn District Council — — — — 0.060 0.042
Wrexham Maelor Borough Council — 1.205 — — — —
Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council — — — — 0.170 0.008
South Pembrokeshire District Council — — — — 0.213 0.068
Blaenau Gwent Borough Council 0.220 0.284 0.353 0.234 0.027 —
Islwyn Borough Council — — — 0.262 0.058 0.376
Newport Borough Council 0.013 0.024 0.821 0.783 — —
Torfaen Borough Council — — — — — 0.090
Cynon Valley Borough Council — — — 0.065 0.345 0.141
Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council — — 0.101 0.010 0.106 0.201
Rhondda Borough Council 0.038 0.451 0.959 0.318 0.171 0.897
Rhymney Valley District Council — — 0.129 — 0.018 —
Cardiff City Council 0.640 1.473 1.289 0.210 0.244 0.636
Vale of Glamorgan District Council — — — 0.744 0.594 0.022
Neath Borough Council — 0.061 0.058 — — 0.435
Port Talbot Borough Council — — — — 0.090 0.186
Swansea City Council 0.640 0.249 0.058 0.023 0.327 1.717