Housing Needs Assessment

HC Deb 13 May 1993 vol 224 cc535-6W

Mr. Dafis

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy to establish a national housing needs assessment mechanism in Wales.

Mr. Gwilym Jones:

No.

Mr. Dafis

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy to make his Department's housing needs assessment research in Wales available for public scrutiny.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The Housing Management Advisory Panel for Wales has just published "Taking Stock: A Guide to Local Housing Assessment".

Welsh-speaking staff and (e) the number of staff within each body that have received paid leave to attend courses to learn Welsh for the latest year for which figures are available.

Mr. David Hunt

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Bridgend (Mr. Griffiths) on 23 March 1993 at columns549–50, listing the public bodies to which I make appointments. As some people hold more than one appointment, the number of appointees is 960. Of these, 129 have indicated on their nomination form that they speak Welsh. However, this information is not provided in all cases. Only executive non-departmental public bodies employ staff, and the information requested is shown in the table.