§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales further to his answer of 7 June,Official Report, column 134, regarding radon in homes, how many of the homes surveyed in each year since 1989 in postal district SA and in Wales had radon gas concentrations of (a) 0 to 25 bq/cu m, (b) 26 to 50 bq/cu m, (c) 51 to 100 bq/cu m, (d) 101 to 200 bq/cu m and (e) more than 200 bq/cu m.
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Activity under Part III of the Housing Act 1985 (Housing the Homeless) Enquiries made Cases Presented Cases1Accepted Cases accepted1 as a percentage of those presented 1991 1992 1991 1992 1991 1992 1991 1992 Aberconwy 196 199 144 131 37 52 26 40 Alyn and Deeside 252 292 220 246 186 245 85 100 Arfon 45 57 35 41 35 34 100 83 Blaenau Gwent 434 242 377 223 321 203 85 91 Brecknock 114 127 114 130 100 117 88 90 Cardiff 3,163 4,943 2,134 2,592 1,752 2,232 82 86 Carmarthen 87 153 90 153 87 143 97 93 Ceredigion 152 141 152 140 150 140 99 100 Colwyn 83 100 50 70 50 70 100 100 Cynon Valley 576 515 556 262 360 210 65 80 Delyn 1,176 897 766 520 283 213 37 41 Dinefwr 237 267 237 267 187 221 79 83 Dwyfor 90 58 84 57 45 42 54 74 Glyndwr 46 31 34 23 34 23 100 100 Islwyn 376 350 334 324 181 201 54 62 Llanelli 153 116 154 116 153 116 99 100 Lliw Valley 175 159 143 194 103 127 72 65 Meirionnydd 187 110 111 82 100 71 90 87 Merthyr Tydfil 156 93 156 93 129 93 83 100 Monmouth 237 184 237 184 147 113 62 61 Montgomeryshire 170 186 122 128 121 118 99 92 Neath 531 539 383 481 353 392 92 81 Newport 1,074 935 1,074 914 1,074 905 100 99 Ogwr 941 914 836 872 707 903 85 104 Port Talbot 525 578 482 560 124 164 26 29 Preseli 153 238 121 179 102 146 84 82 Radnorshire 19 30 19 30 19 30 100 100 Rhondda 146 165 141 165 138 163 98 99 Rhuddlan 146 96 76 60 51 34 67 57 Rhymney Valley 1,077 1,188 215 165 146 129 68 78 South Pembrokeshire 96 93 96 93 86 80 90 86 Swansea 1,368 1,288 941 932 792 765 84 82 Taff-Ely 649 513 617 513 272 306 44 60
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe figures requested are shown in the table:
Radon concentrations in the homes surveyed since 1989, in postal district SA and Wales Number of Homes Concentration range Bq m3 Postal District SA Wales 0–25 138 538 26–50 55 260 51–100 29 183 101–200 20 107 >200 8 55