HC Deb 26 February 1993 vol 219 cc736-7W
Mr. Richards

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are the total cumulative sales of local authority dwellings for each authority in Wales.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

Information on the number of sales, following the reorganisation of local authority boundaries in 1974, is given in the following table.

Total Sales of local authority dwellings1
Welsh Districts 1974-September 1992
Aberconwy 1,778
Alyn and Deeside 2,048
Arfon 1,496
Blaenau Gwent 2,556
Brecknock 1,507
Cardiff 9,079
Carmarthen 1,464
Ceredigion 1,668
Colwyn 1,042
Cynon Valley 1,618

Welsh Districts 1974-September 1992
Delyn 1,945
Dinefwr 960
Dwyfor 418
Glyndwr 1,292
Islwyn 3,813
Llanelli 3,562
Lliw Valley 2,020
Meirionnydd 957
Merthyr Tydfil 2,364
Monmouth 2,571
Montgomeryshire 1,636
Neath 2,620
Newport 5,387
Ogwr 4,827
Port Talbot 4,046
Preseli Pembrokeshire 2,524
Radnorshire 603
Rhondda 810
Rhuddlan 972
Rhymney Valley 3,937
South Pembrokeshire 1,106
Swansea 4,628
Taff-Ely 4,256
Torfaen 4,044
Vale of Glamorgan 3,724
Wrexham Maelor 3,795
Ynys Mon 1,728
Wales2 94,852
1 Excludes sales from New Towns.
2 Includes 51 dwellings sold in 1977 which cannot be attributed to a district.

Source: Welsh Office local authority returns.