§ Dr. Kim HowellsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people in each district council area are(a) registered as homeless or (b) on the housing waiting list.
§ Mr. Nicholas Bennett(a) People do not register as homeless but present themselves, together with other members of their household, to the housing authority. The numbers of people within households accepted as homeless by local authorities under the Housing Act 1985 in the quarter ended 30 June 1991 are given in the following table:
Persons accepted as homeless: quarter ending 30 June 1991 Number Aberconwy 26 Alyn and Deeside 165 Arfon 23 Blaenau Gwent 196 Brecknock 78 Cardiff 1,129 Carmarthen 47 Ceredigion 47 Colwyn 33 Cynon Valley 284 Delyn 191 Dinefwr 79 Dwyfor 24 Glyndwr 30 Islwyn 97 Llanelli 74 Lliw Valley 46 Meirionnydd 79 Merthyr Tydfil 103 Monmouth 83 Montgomeryshire 71 Neath 170 Newport 793 Ogwr 309 Port Talbot 109 Preseli Pembrokeshire 63 Radnorshire 15 Rhondda 86 Rhuddlan 50 Rhymney Valley 95 South Pembrokeshire 60 Swansea 499 Taff-Ely 196 Torfaen 249 Vale of Glamorgan 233 Wrexham Maelor 176 Ynys Mon 31 Wales total 6,039 (b) No information is available centrally.