HC Deb 12 November 1981 vol 12 c130W
Mr. Anderson

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many homeless households were accepted by local authorities under the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 as vulnerable as a result of (a) old age, (b) mental illness or handicap, (c) physical disability or (d) other special reason for each of the years 1978, 1979 and 1980, and for the first six months of the current year.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

The information requested is shown in the following table:

Number of cases accepted
Reason for acceptance 1978 1979 1980
(April-December) (January-December) (January-December)
(a) Old age 220 305 339
(b) Mental illness or handicap 50 88 73
(c) Physical disability 69 104 142
(d) Other special reasons 59 70 58
Information for the first six months of 1981 is not yet available.

Mr. Anderson

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total number of homeless households accepted by local authorities under the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 for reasons relating mainly to pregnancy for each of the years 1978, 1979 and 1980, and for the first six months of the current year.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

Information of this type is only available since April 1978 and the figures requested are contained in the following table:

Number of cases accepted
April-December 1978 214
January-December 1979 324
January-December 1980 459

Information for the first half of 1981 is not yet available.

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