asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a list of those district housing authorities in Wales which have applied to him for approval to spend in excess of 15 per cent. of their means block housing allocation for Section 105 purposes; how many of these he has approved; and what was the basis of approval or rejection in each instance.
The authorities are:
- Arfon BC
- Cardiff CC
- Carmarthen DC
- Cynon Valley DC
- Delyn BC
- Glyndwr DC
- Llanelli BC
- Neath BC
- Swansea CC
- Vale of Glamorgan BC
asked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will list for every district council in Wales its housing finance allocation for 1977–78 analysed by (a) main block allocation, (b) theoretical formula allocation and (c) lending/improvement block allocation;(2) which district councils in Wales had their main block housing allocation formula increased for 1977–78 because their existing commitments were greater than their formula allocation; and what is the increase in allocation to each of these councils to meet such commitments plus the 10 per cent. Free money provided in these circumstances.
| Main Block Allocation | Theoretical Formula Allocation | Improvement/Lending Allocation | ||
| £ | £ | £ | ||
| Aberconwy BC | … | 1,016,000 | 1,341,000 | 160,000 |
| Afan BC | … | 1,563,000 | 1,917,000 | 229,000 |
| Alyn and Deeside DC | … | 1,469,000 | 1,677,000 | 170,000 |
| Arfon DC | … | 1,320,000 | 1,514,000 | 336,000 |
| Blaenau Gwent DC | … | 3,436,000 | 3,356,000 | 557,000 |
| Brecknock BC | … | 1,600,000 | 1,096,000 | 241,000 |
| Cardiff CC | … | 7,272,000 | 6,816,000 | 1,206,000 |
| Carmarthen DC | … | 1,224,000 | 1,430,000 | 360,000 |
| Ceredigion DC | … | 1,332,000 | 1,511,000 | 319,000 |
| Colwyn BC | … | 1,166,000 | 1,282,000 | 110,000 |
| Cynon Valley BC | … | 2,158,000 | 2,540,000 | 735,000 |
| Delyn DC | … | 1,565,000 | 1,889,000 | 216,000 |
| Dinefwr BC | … | 832,000 | 984,000 | 323,000 |
| Dwyfor Dc | … | 624,000 | 663,000 | 201,000 |
| Glyndwr DC | … | 1,119,000 | 1,335,000 | 168,000 |
| Islwyn DC | … | 2,100,000 | 2,361,000 | 412,000 |
| Llanelli BC | … | 1,486,000 | 1,806,000 | 444,000 |
| Lliw Valley BC | … | 1,081,000 | 1,290,000 | 430,000 |
| Merionnydd DC | … | 684,000 | 882,000 | 207,000 |
| Merthyr Tydfil BC | … | 2,025,000 | 2,470,000 | 589,000 |
| Monmouth DC | … | 1,789,000 | 1,694,000 | 202,000 |
| Montgomery DC | … | 1,230,000 | 1,397,000 | 298,000 |
| Neath BC | … | 1,367,000 | 1,609,000 | 457,000 |
| Newport BC | … | 10,798,000 | 3,482,000 | 565,000 |
| Ogwr BC | … | 3,753,000 | 4,054,000 | 649,000 |
| Preseli DC | … | 1,687,000 | 1,871,000 | 264,000 |
| Radnor DC | … | 531,000 | 592,000 | 132,000 |
| Rhondda BC | … | 2,384,000 | 2,855,000 | 1,219,000 |
| Rhuddlan DC | … | 976,000 | 1,133,000 | 57,000 |
| Rhymney Valley DC | … | 3,913,000 | 4,146,000 | 623,000 |
| South Pembrokeshire DC | … | 1,662,000 | 1,115,000 | 206,000 |
| Swansea CC | … | 3,856,000 | 4,362,000 | 1,074,000 |
| Taff Ely | … | 2,634,000 | 3,310,000 | 534,000 |
| Torfaen BC | … | 2,361,000 | 2,688,000 | 326,000 |
| Vale of Glam BC | … | 2,316,000 | 2,489,000 | 326,000 |
| Wrexham Maelor BC | … | 3,668,000 | 3,181,000 | 355,000 |
| Ynys Mon BC | … | 1,672,000 | 1,858,000 | 299,000 |
| TOTAL | … | 81,669,000 | 14,999,000 | |
| The table shows the seven authorities which received a larger allocation than the theoretical formula would have produced. In each case, the actual allocation includes 10 per cent. of the theoretical allocation as free money. | ||||
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what steps he is taking to ensure that the definition of housing waiting lists throughout the local housing authorities in Wales is on a common basis, in order to use the waiting list information as a factor in housing finance allocation in future years.
None. Since councils have complete discretion in the compilation of their waiting lists, there is no apparent basis for standardisation.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what provision was made in the housing finance main block allocation formula in Wales for 1977–78 for those councils which are required to provide council houses for persons moved
The following is the information.from private houses not classified as unfit, which are scheduled for demolition as part of road improvement or redevelopment schemes.
None. The object of using a formula to allocate housing finance was to achieve a broadly equitable distribution simply and quickly, so that allocations could be notified to authorities as early as possible. To consider all possible local factors would have robbed the exercise of both its simplicity and its speed.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what advice he has given local housing authorities in Wales concerning assumptions they can make for 1978–79 in relation to possible reduction in their main block housing allocation for that year compared with their formula allocation for 1977–78.
None, but they have been told that they may assume that their main block allocation for 1978–79 will not be less than 60 per cent. of their formula allocation for 1977–78.