HC Deb 19 December 1995 vol 268 cc1156-7W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his latest estimate of the amount of cash in district and borough council balances from the sales of council housing; and if he will make a statement. [6466]

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The usable amount of receipts from the sale of council houses available at 31 March 1995 is set out in the following table.

Receipts from the sale of council houses1
£ million
Usable receipts from the sale of council houses available at 31 March 1995 Outstanding loan debt as at 31 March 1995
Alyn and Deeside 0.5 35.1
Colwyn 0.6 27.8
Delyn 0.0 32.3
Glyndwr 0.5 12.0
Rhuddlan 0.4 27.7
Wrexham Maelor 1.0 74.6
Carmarthen 0.8 35.8
Ceredigion 1.2 21.6
Dinefwr 0.6 28.1
Llanelli 0.0 47.7
Preseli Pembrokeshire 2.6 41.8
South Pembrokeshire 1.2 21.1
Blaenau Gwent 2.2 103.9
Islwyn 0.4 50.8
Monmouth 3.6 45.8
Newport 7.6 122.0
Torfaen 2.7 83.1
Aberconwy 0.2 20.3
Arfon 0.0 29.7
Dwyfor 0.3 15.9
Meirionnydd 0.0 10.6
Ynys Mon 0.2 53.7
Cynon Valley 0.0 52.9
Methyr Tydfil 0.3 64.2
Ogwr 0.6 74.9
Rhondda 0.0 87.3
Rhymney Valley 0.0 71.7
Taff Ely 0.5 42.0
Brecknock 1.2 31.6
Montgomeryshire 0.7 23.2
Radnorshire 0.4 13.2
Cardiff 7.1 184.0
Vale of Glamorgan 6.7 60.0
Port Talbot 0.0 40.2

Receipts from the sale of council houses1
£ million
Usable receipts from the sale of council houses available at 31 March 1995 Outstanding loan debt as at 31 March 1995
Lliw Valley 0.0 39.7
Neath 0.0 40.0
Swansea 0.2 135.6
1 Includes receipts from the sale of dwellings and the repayment of principal from local authority mortgages.