§ Mr. Geraint HowellsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many council houses have been sold to sitting tenants in Wales in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GristThe information requested is given in the table:
Sales of Local Authority and New Town dwellings to sitting tenants Wales Number 1980 2,080 1981 8,810 1982 16,361 1983 9,337 1984 5,815 1985 5,711 1986 5,455 1987 5,710 1988 9,623 1989 12,793
§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will update the figures given in his reply of 16 November 1989,Official Report, column 462, on council house stocks and sales, to the latest available date.
§ Mr. GristThe information requested is shown in the table:
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Sales of local authority dwellings May 1979 to December 1989 Estimates of local authority stock April 19891 Aberconwy 1,614 2,826 Alyn and Deeside 1,682 5,213 Arfon 1,295 5,015 Blaenau Gwent 2,119 10,422 Brecknock 1,360 2,834 Cardiff 7,366 20,168 Carmarthen 1,185 3,554 Ceredigion 1,371 3,475 Colwyn 839 2,631 Cynon Valley 1,346 5,351 Delyn 1,719 4,750 Dinefwr 785 2,590 Dwyfor 339 1,461 Glyndwr 1,172 2,984 Islwyn 3,532 6,128
Sales of local authority dwellings May 1979 to December 1989 Estimates of local authority stock April 19891 Llanelli 3,131 6,946 Lliw Valley 1,655 5,203 Meirionnydd 846 2,080 Merthyr Tydfil 2,117 6,863 Monmouth 2,183 4,963 Montgomeryshire2 1,353 2,973 Neath 2,234 5,653 Newport 4,044 13,253 Ogwr 4,274 9,756 Port Talbot (Afan) 3,308 6,110 Preseli 2,112 5,829 Radnorshire 536 1,171 Rhondda 636 4,995 Rhuddlan 844 2,722 Rhymney Valley 3,363 10,117 South Pembrokeshire 897 2,873 Swansea 3,618 17,382 Taff-Ely 3,609 7,535 Torfaen3 6,112 13,724 Vale of Glamorgan 3,266 6,209 Wrexham Maelor 3,022 16,096 Ynys Mon 1,471 5,732 Wales 82,355 237,587 1 Revised. District stock estimates are only available at 1 April 2 Excludes dwellings in Newtown 3 Includes dwellings in Cwmbran. Records of sales in Cwmbran are only available since 31 March 1980.