§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will break down the latest homelessness figures in each district into those who were priority cases under the Homeless Persons Act 1977 and those who were not.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information is given in the following table.
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Number of households accepted as homeless January-June 1981 Priority cases Other cases Alyn and Deeside 40 2 Colwyn 5 0 Delyn 24 1 Glyndwr 6 1 Rhuddlan 25 1 Wrexham Maelor 63 6 Carmarthen 32 5 Ceredigion 11 0 Dinefwr 5 0 Llanelli 24 3 Preseli 26 1 South Pembrokeshire 31 2
Priority cases Other cases Blaenau Gwent 68 5 Islwyn 26 3 Monmouth 77 19 Newport 267 7 Torfaen 102 41 Aberconwy 29 0 Arfon 8 0 Dwyfor 17 0 Meirionnydd 40 18 Ynys Mon 5 2 Cynon Valley 126 17 Merthyr Tydfil 46 19 Ogwr 40 2 Rhondda 121 31 Rhymney Valley 72 0 Taff-Ely 35 2 Brecknock 7 4 Montgomery 13 3 Radnor 6 0 Cardiff 182 23 Vale of Glamorgan 72 6 Afan 12 0 Lliw Valley 18 0 Neath 119 29 Swansea 594 183 WALES 2,394 436
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will review the way in which he compiles annual statistics for homelessness.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe methods by which statistics are collected and complied by the Welsh Office are under continuous review, but it is never easy to reconcile the demands for more detailed information on the one hand with the necessity to reduce the burden of form-filling on the other.