§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many homeless persons there are in each local authority area in Wales; and what proportion of the population of those areas they represent.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonInformation relating to the number of persons currently homeless is not collected centrally. The number of persons accepted as homeless by each local authority during 1986 and the percentage of the population they represent are shown in the following table:
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Homeless persons accepted during 1986 Homeless persons Welsh Districts Accepted Percentage of population Aberconwy 153 0.29 Alyn and Deeside 366 0.50 Arfon 51 0.09 Blaenau Gwent 493 0.63 Brecknock 162 0.40 Cardiff 1,751 0.63 Carmarthen 165 0.30 Ceredigion 140 0.23 Colwyn 102 0.20 Cynon Valley 942 1.44 Delyn 391 0.60 Dinefwr 93 0.25 Dwyfor 142 0.54 Glyndwr 55 0.14 Islwyn 136 0.21 Llanelli 371 0.50 Lliw Valley 205 0.34 Meirionnydd 147 0.47 Merthyr Tydfil 179 0.31 Monmouth 664 0.87 Montgomeryshire 97 0.20 Neath 793 1.22 Newport 1,254 0.97 Ogwr 1,667 1.25 Port Talbot/Afan 304 0.59 Preseli 108 0.15 Radnor 23 0.11 Rhondda 323 0.41 Rhuddlan 249 0.46 Rhymney Valley 643 0.62
Homeless persons Welsh Districts Accepted Percentage of population South Pembrokeshire 165 0.42 Swansea 685 0.37 Taff-Ely 278 0.29 Torfaen 958 1.06 Vale of Glamorgan 427 0.37 Wrexham Maelor 567 0.49 Ynys Môn 62 0.09