§ Mr. Gwilym JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the latest available numbers of vacant council-owned properties for each district council in Wales.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettThe information my hon. Friend requires is given in the table:
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Local authority vacant dwellings, by district, 19911 Total vacant dwellings Clwyd Alyn and Deeside 31 Colwyn 34 Delyn 20 Glyndwr 47 Rhuddlan 17 Wrexham Maelor 204 Dyfed Carmarthen 14 Ceredigion 41 Dinefwr 14 Llanelli 104 Preseli Pembrokeshire 63 South Pembrokeshire 15
Total vacant dwellings Gwent Blaenau Gwent 56 Islwyn 150 Monmouth 92 Newport 81 Torfaen 147 Gwynedd Aberconwy 16 Arfon 60 Dwyfor 11 Meirionnydd 15 Ynys Mon 60 Mid Glamorgan Cynon Valley 122 Merthyr Tydfil 71 Ogwr 68 Rhondda 26 Rhymney Valley 85 Taff Ely 99 Powys Brecknock — Montgomeryshire2 42 Radnorshire 9 South Glamorgan Cardiff 190 Vale of Glamorgan 37 West Glamorgan Lliw Valley 42 Neath 72 Port Talbot 171 Swansea 104 Wales 2,430 1 At 1 April. 2 Excludes Newtown which is designated as a New Town.