§ Mr. RowlandsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate his Department has made of the number of repair and improvement grants outstanding for more than(a) one year and (b) two years in each (i) county and (ii) county borough in Wales. [1229]
§ Mr. Win GriffithsInformation in the form requested is not held centrally but the following table shows the numbers of renovation grant applications (under the 1989 Local Government and Housing Act) awaiting determination at the end of December 1996. From 17 December 1996, grants for home renovation are available under the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.
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Number of renovation grant approvals and applications outstanding by unitary authority Grants approved April-December 1996 Applications outstanding at 31 December 1996 Blaenau Gwent 230 506 Bridgend 297 140 Caephilly 258 1,143 Cardiff 701 32 Carmarthenshire 377 295 Ceredigion 208 205 Conwy 179 151 Denbighshire 208 500 Flintshire 213 222 Gwynedd 367 297 Isle of Anglesey 166 19 Merthyr Tydfil 112 24 Monmouthshire 56 16 Neath Port Talbot 486 104 Newport 185 202 Pembrokeshire 154 591 Powys 229 487 Rhondda Cynon Taff 606 130 Swansea 417 143 Torfaen 121 101 Vale of Glamorgan 245 106 Wrexham 200 21 Wales 6,015 5,435