§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of rent arrears in each district in Wales.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesLocal authorities' own estimates of both current and former tenants' rent arrears at 31 March 1993 are given in the table:
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Local authority Rent arrears (£s) Aberconwy BC 55,000 Alyn and Deeside DC 210,000 Arfon BC 97,000 Blaenau Gwent BC 96,201 Brecknock BC 65,400 Cardiff CC 1,000,000 Carmarthen DC 172,000 Ceredigion DC 140,000 Colwyn BC 95,000 Cynon Valley BC 22,500 Delyn BC 137,000 Dinefwr BC 129,587 Dwyfor DC 33,320 Glyndwr DC 215,000 Islwyn BC 110,000 Llanelli BC 240,243 Lliw Valley BC 174,000 Meirionnydd DC 42,000 Merthyr Tydfil BC 75,000 Monmouth BC 185,000 Montgomeryshire DC 80,000 Neath BC 217,000 Newport BC 620,000 OgwrBC 812,000 Port Talbot BC 130,000 Preseli Pembrokeshire DC 270,000 Radnorshire DC 26,000 Rhondda BC 281,000 Rhuddlan BC 95,000 Rhymney Valley DC 530,000 South Pembrokeshire DC 177,000 Swansea CC 1,299,915 Taff Ely BC 427,000
Local authority Rent arrears (£'s) Torfaen BC 408,000 Vale of Glamorgan BC 164,000 Wrexham Maelor BC 292,000 Ynys Mon BC 158,000