§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many people are homeless in each district authority area in Wales; and what were the corresponding figures for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. GristInformation relating to the number of persons homeless at a point in time is not collected' centrally. The numbers of persons accepted as homeless by each local authority for each year since 1979 are shown in the following table.
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1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Radnor 19 38 45 14 19 34 54 23 Rhondda 569 834 1,164 1,049 852 479 317 323 Rhuddlan 237 139 172 257 268 204 242 249 Rhymney Valley 534 720 510 284 418 344 629 643 South Pembrokeshire 143 188 181 202 230 280 224 165 Swansea 1,604 1,838 2,820 1,887 1,416 1,396 762 685 Taff-Ely 390 253 200 188 158 176 186 278 Torfaen 1,049 978 723 790 675 421 531 958 Vale of Glamorgan 620 749 636 1,314 896 726 570 427 Wrexham Maelor 235 471 353 212 238 439 411 467 Ynys Môn 137 83 33 26 44 54 50 62 Note: Homelessness data by number of persons for Neath in 1982 are not available.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many families are housed in temporary accommodation in each local authority area in Wales.
§ Mr. GristThe numbers of homeless households in temporary accommodation at 31 March 1987 are shown in the following table.
Homeless households in temporary accommodation at 31 March 1987 Number Aberconwy 11 Alyn and Deeside 18 Arfon 7 Blaenau Gwent 25 Brecknock 2 Cardiff 81 Carmarthen 9 Ceredigion 1 Colwyn 0 Cynon Valley 59 Delyn 15 Dinefwr 11 Dwyfor 1 Glyndwr 0 Islwyn 20 Llanelli 18 Lliw Valley 24 Meirionnydd 2 Merthyr Tydfil 4 Monmouth 41 Montgomeryshire 3 Neath 24 Newport 105 Ogwr 10 Port Talbot (Afan) 42 Preseli 10 Radnor 0 Rhondda 1 Rhuddlan 1 Rhymney Valley 103 South Pembrokeshire 9 Swansea 0 Taff-Ely 1 Torfaen 8 Vale of Glamorgan 46 Wrexham Maelor 0 Ynys Mon 0 Wales Total 712