HC Deb 21 July 1987 vol 120 cc138-9W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many people are homeless in each district authority area in Wales; and what were the corresponding figures for each year since 1979.

Mr. Grist

Information relating to the number of persons homeless at a point in time is not collected' centrally. The numbers of persons accepted as homeless by each local authority for each year since 1979 are shown in the following table.

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Radnor 19 38 45 14 19 34 54 23
Rhondda 569 834 1,164 1,049 852 479 317 323
Rhuddlan 237 139 172 257 268 204 242 249
Rhymney Valley 534 720 510 284 418 344 629 643
South Pembrokeshire 143 188 181 202 230 280 224 165
Swansea 1,604 1,838 2,820 1,887 1,416 1,396 762 685
Taff-Ely 390 253 200 188 158 176 186 278
Torfaen 1,049 978 723 790 675 421 531 958
Vale of Glamorgan 620 749 636 1,314 896 726 570 427
Wrexham Maelor 235 471 353 212 238 439 411 467
Ynys Môn 137 83 33 26 44 54 50 62

Note: Homelessness data by number of persons for Neath in 1982 are not available.

Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many families are housed in temporary accommodation in each local authority area in Wales.

Mr. Grist

The numbers of homeless households in temporary accommodation at 31 March 1987 are shown in the following table.

Homeless households in temporary accommodation at 31 March 1987
Number
Aberconwy 11
Alyn and Deeside 18
Arfon 7
Blaenau Gwent 25
Brecknock 2
Cardiff 81
Carmarthen 9
Ceredigion 1
Colwyn 0
Cynon Valley 59
Delyn 15
Dinefwr 11
Dwyfor 1
Glyndwr 0
Islwyn 20
Llanelli 18
Lliw Valley 24
Meirionnydd 2
Merthyr Tydfil 4
Monmouth 41
Montgomeryshire 3
Neath 24
Newport 105
Ogwr 10
Port Talbot (Afan) 42
Preseli 10
Radnor 0
Rhondda 1
Rhuddlan 1
Rhymney Valley 103
South Pembrokeshire 9
Swansea 0
Taff-Ely 1
Torfaen 8
Vale of Glamorgan 46
Wrexham Maelor 0
Ynys Mon 0
Wales Total 712

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