§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many empty local authority properties there are in each local authority in Wales; and if he will make a statement. [39118]
§ Mr. HagueThe information the hon. and learned Member has requested is not yet available by unitary authority as the figures are gathered on an annual basis. However, the following table shows the numbers of vacant properties in the areas of the old district councils.
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Vacant local authority dwellings1 Number of vacant dwellings Aberconwy 16 Alyn and Deeside* 88 Arfon 84 Blaenau Gwent 140 Brecknock 7 Cardiff 284 Carmarthen 8 Ceredigion 23 Colwyn 40 Cynon Valley 75 Delyn* 33 Dinefwr 33 Dwyfor 23 Glyndwr 26 Islwyn 61 Llanelli 160 Lliw Valley 60 Meirionnydd* 22 Merthyr Tydfil 203
Vacant local authority dwellings1 Number of vacant dwellings Monmouth 33 Montgomeryshire 20 Neath 118 Newport 140 Ogwr 325 Port Talbot 136 Preseli Pembrokeshire 63 Radnorshire 22 Rhondda 140 Rhuddlan 11 Rhymney Valley 99 South Pembrokeshire 15 Swansea 320 Taff-Ely 67 Torfaen 281 Vale of Glamorgan 97
Number of people statutorily recognised as homeless 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Aberconwy 137 104 151 148 187 195 Alyn and Deeside 474 499 633 471 476 536 Arfon 77 93 103 87 56 85 Blaenau Gwent 841 761 417 668 591 584 Brecknock 269 318 318 281 359 226 Cardiff 2,483 4,052 4,555 5,649 4,638 2,052 Carmarthen 189 227 363 301 282 259 Ceredigion 331 373 340 359 269 288 Colwyn 103 178 176 274 241 210 Cynon Valley 623 1,017 543 434 241 243 Delyn 825 683 503 384 414 281 Dinefwr 181 410 542 626 519 375 Dwyfor 162 127 104 97 65 87 Glyndwr 46 87 70 86 58 91 Islwyn 370 399 414 442 807 332 Llanelli 297 383 284 259 241 156 Lliw Valley 379 369 192 169 190 111 Meirionnydd 250 257 174 141 145 174 Merthyr Tydfil 496 365 238 355 296 385 Monmouth 281 388 286 338 278 247 Montgomeryshire 188 259 296 273 251 316 Neath 610 656 757 652 526 514 Newport 2,696 2,936 2,283 1,819 1,540 1,414 Ogwr 1,332 1,809 2,095 2,520 2,260 2,693 Port Talbot 303 340 369 363 308 269 Preseli Pembrokeshire 209 255 359 311 269 312 Radnorshire 64 45 82 55 100 98 Rhondda 166 358 374 240 192 212 Rhuddlan 293 177 91 162 111 143 Rhymney Valley 439 395 335 424 340 333 South Pembrokeshire 248 205 171 214 192 231 Swansea 450 1,779 1,622 1,864 3,072 2,506 Taff-Ely 568 743 770 845 612 584 Torfaen 1,216 1,038 952 818 737 410 Vale of Glamorgan 1,160 1,184 1,139 458 391 553 Wrexham Maelor 863 730 864 613 692 660 Ynys Mon 97 111 204 294 176 197 Wales 19,716 24,110 23,169 23,494 22,122 18,362