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Mr. Wigley
asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing the number of unoccupied houses in (a) the public sector and (b) the private sector in each district council area of Wales.
Mr. Wyn Roberts
The numbers of vacant local authority dwellings reported at the end of 1978 are as follows:
| Authority | Number of vacant dwellings at Authority 31st December 1978 |
| Alyn and Deeside | 12 |
| Colwyn | —* |
| Delyn | 91* |
| Glyndwr | N/A |
| Rhuddlan | — |
| Wrexham Maelor | 346 |
| Carmarthen | N/A |
| Ceredigion | — |
| Dinefwr | —* |
| Llanelli | 29 |
| Preseli | 31* |
| South Pembroke | N/A |
| Blaenau Gwent | N/A |
| Islwyn | N/A |
| Monmouth | N/A |
| Newport | N/A |
| Torfaen | 76 |
| Aberconwy | 11 |
| Arfon | 2* |
| Dwyfor | — |
| Merionnydd | 24* |
| Ynys Mon | N/A |
| Cynon Valley | 29 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 79 |
| Ogwr | 27* |
| Rhondda | 128* |
| Rhymney Valley | N/A |
| Taff-Ely | 37 |
| Brecknock | — |
| Montgomery | 37* |
| Radnor | — |
| Cardiff | 209* |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 75 |
| Afan | 66* |
| Lliw Valley | N/A |
| Neath | 75* |
| Swansea | 177 |
| Cwmbran New Town | 43 |
| Newtown New Town | 167 |
| *At end of March 1979. | |