HC Deb 11 January 1990 vol 164 cc719-21W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will state for each year since 1979(a) spending by local authorities under the energy conservation programme in cash and real terms for Wales and by local authority and (b) the number of dwellings receiving energy efficiency improvements in Wales and by local authority.

Mr. Peter Walker

The available information on dwellings receiving energy efficiency improvements under the energy conservation programme or the homes insulation scheme are shown in the following tables for years since 1982. Figures for earlier years appear in table 10 of "Local Housing Statistics No. 66", a copy of which is available in the Library. Information on spending by local authorities under the energy conservation programme is not collected centrally.

Table 1: Work completed for local authorities under the energy conservation programme1
Number of dwellings
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Alyn and Deeside 103 4 755 15 5
Colwyn 92 0 0 0 48
Delyn 255 674 125 0 141
Glyndwr 0 0 7 23 0
Rhuddlan 0 0 0 0 0
Wrexham Maelor 114 698 1,194 304 266
Carmarthen 80 0 0 0 0
Ceredigion 0 64 0 0 0
Dinefwr 0 0 0 0 0
Llanelli 0 173 0 0 0
Preseli 22 0 140 20 7
South Pembrokeshire 0 2 0 0 0
Blaenau Gwent 215 14 0 0 0
Islwyn 0 0 0 0 0
Monmouth 276 0 0 0 0
Newport 30 0 310 819 996
Torfaen 0 0 0 0 0
Aberconwy 0 0 0 0 0
Arfon 0 0 0 39 90
Dwyfor 0 0 0 0 0
Meirionnydd 0 0 0 0 0
Ynys Mon 0 0 120 1,307 561
Cynon Valley 0 0 0 0 861
Merthyr Tydfil 1 0 0 0 0
Ogwr 0 0 0 0 0
Rhondda 0 0 0 0 0
Rhymney Valley 665 26 0 96 105
Taff-Ely 0 0 0 0 0
Brecknock 0 80 27 26 D
Montgomeryshire 3 4 33 12 18
Radnor 0 0 0 0 0
Cardiff 1,334 2,255 2,914 1,400 220
Vale of Glamorgan 0 0 32 0 0
Port Talbot (Afan) 0 0 110 143 0
Lliw Valley 30 0 0 0 703
Neath 4 0 52 0 0
Swansea 23 0 140 0 71)
Wales 3,247 3,994 5,959 4,204 4,091
1 Figures for Wales were not collected from April 1981 to December 1983. Figures relate to activity where the only work carried out to the dwelling is under the energy conservation programme. Local authority dwellings may also be insulated when other general renovation work is carried out, but these cases cannot be separately identified.

Table 2: Grants paid under the Homes Insulation Scheme1
1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Alyn and Deeside 655 275 304 616 666 417 102
Colwyn 354 381 421 583 580 438 148
Delyn 1,181 796 384 758 529 403 150
Glyndwr 404 496 405 425 424 312 123
Rhuddlan 759 867 579 620 532 429 313
Wrexham Maelor 577 616 286 669 764 561 196
Carmarthen 378 412 337 361 342 325 163
Ceredigion 342 465 413 300 421 410 175
Dinefwr 379 117 294 311 313 240 158
Llanelli 1,548 2,107 890 592 843 498 592
Preseli Pembrokeshire 630 419 354 381 445 435 371
South Pembrokeshire 346 403 315 344 295 267 140
Blaenau Gwent 878 1,408 957 957 348 396 483
Islwyn 1,035 1,042 481 608 789 732 1,049
Monmouth 240 559 265 394 440 250 141
Newport 1,944 1,216 856 622 1,255 804 262
Torfaen 313 422 420 499 523 308 139
Aberconwy 717 824 884 705 389 290 207
Arfon 739 430 509 448 374 276 118
Dwyfor 233 354 267 199 193 173 116
Meirionnydd 208 391 191 90 268 152 57
Ynys Mon 272 216 407 587 471 491 193
Cynon Valley 638 1,292 628 269 907 898 393
Merthyr Tydfil 428 467 332 493 832 537 974
Ogwr 949 1,463 802 916 1,912 1,224 1,110
Rhondda 2,119 1,822 999 765 1,141 720 794
Rhymney Valley 1,558 1,092 556 1,017 1,060 920 496
Taff-Ely 805 637 454 691 821 450 209
Brecknock 245 423 229 229 246 300 156
Montgomeryshire 303 296 231 281 340 284 247
Radnorshire 67 104 85 144 134 154 49
Cardiff 2,804 2,920 2,158 2,270 2,797 1,865 1,399
Vale of Glamorgan 664 715 684 1,320 1,377 1,089 545
Port Talbot (Afan) 307 719 404 365 228 700 949
Lliw Valley 627 595 307 628 705 528 427
Neath 1,167 876 573 505 639 485 162
Swansea 2,153 1,737 1,162 1,616 1,409 1,229 710
Wales 28,966 29,374 19,823 22,578 25,752 19,900 14,016
1 Figures prior to 1984 are for the private sector only.