Water Supplies

Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what financial assistance is available from his department to local authorities in Wales to assist them in ensuring adequate water supplies to the public.

Grant-aid at the rate of 35 per cent. of eligible expenditure is available through the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Acts 1944 to 1971 for the first time provision of mains water and sewerage facilities in rural areas in respect of projects requisitioned by local authorities.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what funds have been made available for conversion from common water supply systems to separate supply pipe systems through the Welsh water authority since 1979.

No specific funds have been made available by central Government to the Welsh water authority for the conversion of common water supply systems to separate supply pipe systems. Details of the authority's expenditure on such schemes is not held centrally; I have asked the chairman to write to the hon. Gentleman directly.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has as to how many homes in

	1979			1980			1981			1982
	Persons accepted	Persons housed	Per cent.	Persons accepted	Persons housed	Per cent.	Persons accepted	Persons housed	Per cent.	Persons accepted	Persons housed	Per cent.
Aberconwy	151	99	66	203	153	75	159	144	91	130	100	11
Alyn and Deeside	301	274	91	250	233	93	205	185	90	237	227	96
Arfon	80	80	100	59	43	73	50	34	68	55	44	80
Blaenau Gwent	333	281	84	361	290	80	388	295	76	464	362	78
Brecknock	69	38	55	114	67	59	86	33	38	157	35	22
Cardiff	690	616	89	1,410	1,121	80	973	835	86	1,053	940	89
Carmarthen	187	114	61	160	83	52	152	99	65	127	72	57
Ceredigion	94	73	78	102	98	96	92	91	99	103	97	94
Colwyn	55	49	89	40	40	100	42	35	83	72	65	90
Cynon Valley	898	854	95	1,018	987	97	965	914	95	985	897	91
Delyn	175	149	85	151	122	81	264	209	79	240	210	88
Dinefwr	49	49	100	34	13	38	35	31	89	108	79	73
Dwyfor	138	133	96	60	55	92	106	80	76	74	64	87
Glyndwr	56	28	50	54	44	82	63	39	62	39	26	67
Islwyn	189	175	93	175	153	87	159	144	91	68	62	91
Llanelli	133	105	79	100	72	72	140	79	56	179	112	63
Lliw Valley	113	113	100	129	129	100	134	134	100	140	140	100
Meirionnydd	369	137	37	489	131	27	235	88	37	145	108	75
Merthyr Tydfil	454	344	76	392	314	80	272	191	70	238	143	60
Monmouth	515	250	49	380	243	64	532	422	79	434	350	81
Montgomeryshire	124	96	77	110	78	71	125	107	86	89	86	97
Neath	481	389	81	583	480	82	624	536	86	n/a	n/a	n/a
Newport	864	483	56	1,110	505	46	1,358	673	50	1,300	643	50
Ogwr	338	211	62	343	236	69	517	424	82	736	667	91
Port Talbot (Afan)	170	167	98	133	122	92	94	88	94	112	106	95
Preseli	135	95	70	164	129	79	130	116	89	97	78	80
Radnor	19	19	100	38	36	95	45	45	100	14	14	100
Rhondda	569	529	93	834	798	96	1,164	1,125	97	1,049	1,010	96
Rhuddlan	237	228	96	139	127	91	172	167	97	257	230	90
Rhymney Valley	534	528	99	720	720	100	510	510	100	284	284	100
South Pembrokeshire	143	119	83	188	149	79	181	159	88	202	114	56
Swansea	1,604	337	21	1,838	700	38	2,820	1,041	37	1,887	905	48
Taff-Ely	390	307	79	253	212	84	200	188	94	188	180	96
Torfaen	1,049	749	71	978	688	70	723	583	81	790	512	65
Vale of Glamorgan	620	601	97	749	696	93	636	619	97	1,314	1,300	99
Wrexham Maelor	235	162	69	471	344	73	353	260	74	212	188	89
Ynys Mon	137	137	100	83	83	100	33	33	100	26	26	100

Note: Homelessness data by number of persons for Neath in 1982 are not available.

each district health authority area in Wales which were previously supplied with water by a common supply pipe have had a separate supply pipe installed under the common supply pipe scheme.

Such information is not held centrally. I have asked the chairman of the Welsh water authority to write direct to the hon. Gentleman.

Volume 110: debated on Thursday 12 February 1987