HC Deb 13 May 1986 vol 97 cc413-4W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many homeless persons there are in each local authority area in Wales.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

Information on the number currently homeless is not held centrally. However, the number of persons accepted as homeless in each local authority during 1985 is given in the following table:

Numbers accepted as homeless
Welsh districts Numbers
Clwyd:
Alyn and Deeside 427
Colwyn 71
Delyn 297
Glyndwr 64
Rhuddlan 242
Wrexham Maelor 411
Dyfed:
Carmarthen 218
Ceredigion 149
Dinefwr 104
Llanelli 227
Preseli 148
South Pembrokeshire 224
Gwent:
Blaenau Gwent 447
Islwyn 139
Monmouth 717
Newport 1,513
Torfaen 531
Gwynedd:
Abeconwy 74
Arfon 62
Dwyfor 126
Meironnydd 106
Ynys Môn 50
Mid Glamorgan:
Cynon Valley 840
Merthyr Tydfil 225
Ogwr 826
Rhondda 317
Rhymney Valley 629
Taff-Ely 186
Powys:
Brecknock 217
Montgomery 52
Radnor 54
South Glamorgan:
Cardiff 1,646
Vale of Glamorgan 570
West Glamorgan:
Lliw valley 158
Neath 806
Port Talbot 164
Swansea 762
Wales Total 13,799