HC Deb 16 November 1989 vol 160 cc462-3W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the total of each local authority's council house sales, by authority, since 1979, giving the number of council houses in current local authority possession to the latest date; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Grist

The information requested is shown in the table:

Sales1 Provisional estimates2
Aberconwy 1,411 2,826
Alyn and Deeside 1,457 5,213
Arfon 1,134 5,015
Blaenau Gwent 1,712 10,422
Brecknock 1,229 2,834
Cardiff 6,451 20,168
Carmarthen 1,093 3,554
Ceredigion 1,185 3,475
Colwyn 737 2,631
Cynon Valley 1,209 5,351
Delyn 1,607 4,750
Dinefwr 700 2,590
Dwyfor 310 1,461
Sales1 Provisional estimates2
Glyndwr 1,063 2,984
Islwyn 3,297 6,128
Llanelli 2,901 6,946
Lliw Valley 1,487 5,203
Meirionnydd 769 2,080
Merthyr Tydfil 1,856 6,863
Monmouth 1,969 4,963
Montgomeryshire3 1,238 2,973
Neath 1,985 5,653
Newport 3,555 13,452
Ogwr 3,877 9,756
Port Talbot (Afan) 2,953 6,110
Preseli 1,807 5,829
Radnorshire 497 1,171
Rhondda 553 4,991
Rhuddlan 753 2,722
Rhymney Valley 3,075 10,117
South Pembrokeshire 789 2,873
Swansea 2,989 17,382
Taff.Ely 3,171 7,535
Torfaen4 5,703 13,830
Vale of Glamorgan 2,969 6,317
Wrexham Maelor 2,306 16,096
Ynys Mon 1,199 5,732
Wales 72,996 237,996
1 Of local authority dwellings May 1979 to April 1989.
2 Of local authority stock April 1989.
3 Excludes dwellings in Newtown.
4 Includes dwellings in Cwmbran. Records of sales in Cwmbran are only available since 31 March 1980.