HC Deb 12 July 1991 vol 194 cc508-9W
Mr. Alan Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the value of council house sales in each of the Welsh housing authorities since 1979.

Mr. Nicholas Bennett

The information which is available is shown in the following table; figures for 1979–80 and 1980–81 are not available on a consistent basis.

Local authority 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91
Preseli Pembrokeshire 2,623 1,539 1,666 1,108 1,053 1,123 1,245 3,137 4,217 2,367
South Pembrokeshire 112 1,121 1,511 1,009 456 446 728 1,745 1,976 0
Blaenau Gwent 954 1,586 1,005 723 3,406 1,386 1,511 2,932 4,750 2.162
Islwyn 1,653 8,274 2,775 1,767 1,541 2,193 2,550 4,118 4,229 1.531
Monmouth 285 260 3,036 2,563 1,974 2,088 2,763 4,097 4,689 2.144
Newport 1,878 2,623 2,884 3,135 7,534 3,486 3,490 6,972 8,513 2.745
Torfaen 2,674 3,722 3,009 2,552 1,465 4,811 3,532 7,170 9,380 4.875
Aberconwy 1,095 1,270 804 692 734 858 1,071 2,566 3,201 183
Arfon 1,054 2,200 723 851 548 777 738 2,085 2,570 1,242
Dwyfor 1 512 244 156 220 143 129 352 521 591
Meirionnydd 0 1,013 664 341 394 407 590 1,054 1,296 497
Ynys Mon 1,085 875 486 517 1,144 920 739 2,918 3,868 1,910
Cynon Valley 0 2,494 1,120 560 526 1,062 1,015 1,302 557 2,078
Merthyr Tydfil 1,379 1,784 1,032 849 1,257 1,627 1,842 2,663 3,156 1,213
Ogwr 1,403 3,816 9,104 3,204 3,106 3,674 2,998 5,144 6,220 3,466
Rhondda 362 191 230 202 275 398 355 557 738 628
Rhymney Valley 1,880 2,659 2,073 1,719 1,615 2,839 3,175 3,023 4,407 3,541
Taff Ely 20 992 1,886 1,724 1,802 2,910 3,663 4,707 6,155 365
Brecknock 1,922 328 1,149 1,015 918 1,159 1,324 1,977 1,325 0
Montgomeryshire 10 104 946 648 782 1,207 1,065 1,864 2,230 1,068
Radnorshire 701 670 689 281 317 296 595 774 881 500
Cardiff 2,355 1,515 4,015 5,039 6,312 11,529 9,179 14,349 16,819 8,319
Vale of Glamorgan 1,449 2,762 2,766 2,274 2,084 3,297 2,947 5,755 5,079 2,260
Port Talbot 890 435 1,950 1,850 2,080 2,517 3,063 4,211 5,182 2,624
Lliw Valley 734 1,266 502 623 960 1,372 1,343 1,731 2,968 2,475
Neath 1,636 1,140 714 947 1,410 1,539 1,864 2,482 3,038 1,951
Swansea 0 1,607 1,831 6,027 1,580 2,260 3,588 8,467 9,624 4,375
TOTAL DISTRICTS 39,198 57,143 57,210 52,667 53,927 65,968 69,175 118,929 148,097 71,269
1 Includes the repayment of principal on local authority mortgages on council house sales.

Mr. Alan Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much has been received from the sale of council houses in Wales since 1979; how much of this sum has been kept by the councils; and how much has gone to central Government.

Mr. Nicholas Bennett

Capital receipts from council house sales have totalled £734 million from 1981–82 to 1990–91. These receipts are not, and never have been, returned to central Government but are used by councils themselves either to finance new capital expenditure or to redeem debt.