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Defective Housing

Volume 115: debated on Thursday 7 May 1987

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asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will state, in respect of the PRC dwellings and home owners, for each local authority in Wales (a) the number who have been assisted to date by local authority, by means of repurchase, (b) the average price paid for such repurchases, and (c) the minimum, maximum and average valuation, gross and net of discount, in respect of the original sale of these properties.

The number and average price of repurchases since 1984, for the 19 local authorities in which repurchase of PRC dwellings has occurred, are shown in the following table. Information on the original sale of repurchased dwellings is not collected centrally.

Number of repurchasesAverage cost per dwelling
£
Alyn and Deeside221,500
Arfon218,500

Number of repurchases

Average cost per dwelling

£

Blaenau Gwent417,500
Brecknock1723,300
Cardiff319,000
Carmarthen218,000
Delyn116,000
Glyndwr116,000
IslwynI9,000
Meirionydd114,000
Monmouth1718,300
Newport115,000
Ogwr214,000
Preseli518,600
Radnor217,000
Rhymney Valley69,700
South Pembrokeshire114,000
Swansea312,000
Vale of Glamorgan521,000
Wales7618,300