§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give an estimate of the current number of homeless in Wales; and, of those, how many suffer from(a) alcoholism or drug dependency, (b) AIDS and (c) mental illness.
§ Mr. GristThere were 4,2081 households accepted as homeless during the quarter ending 31 March 1990. Of these, 26 households were classed as in priority need because a household member was considered vulnerable as a result of mental disability. Information on the number of persons in households accepted as suffering from alcohol or drug dependency or AIDS is not collected centrally.
1 This figure includes an estimated 2,000 households made homeless in Colwyn as a result of the major flooding incident in February 1990.