HC Deb 14 July 1988 vol 137 cc346-7W
Mr. Norman Hogg

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will provide figures showing the numbers of housing applications and the numbers officially accepted as homeless in Wales for each year since 1978.

Mr. Grist

The information requested is given in the following table:

Number of cases accepted and presented 1978–87
Total Cases presented Cases accepted
11978 5,042 3,204
1979 7,084 4,676
1980 8,277 5,446
1981 8,609 5,462
1982 9,061 5,611
1983 9,191 5,008
1984 8,845 4,999
1985 9,206 5,371

Total Cases presented Cases accepted
1986 9,861 5,965
1987 8,423 5,294
1 Data for the first quarter of 1978 are not available. The monitoring of homelessness under the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 did not commence in Wales until April 1978.