Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the numbers of people presented as homeless and accepted as homeless in each district authority in Wales.
§ Mr. GristThe latest available information relates to the final quarter of 1988. The number of households presented as homeless and accepted as homeless in that period are given in the table:
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Number of households presented and accepted as homeless October—December 1988 Welsh Districts Presented Accepted Aberconwy 50 16 Alyn and Deeside 67 44 Arfon 4 2 Blaenau Gwent 75 63 Brecknock 21 18 Cardiff 354 317 Carmarthen 14 14 Ceredigion 32 11 Colwyn 6 2 Cynon Valley 135 67 Delyn 123 72 Dinefwr 19 19 Dwyfor 28 10
Welsh Districts Presented Accepted Glyndwr 3 3 Islwyn 44 21 Llanelli 24 24 Lliw Valley 16 9 Meirionnydd 24 22 Merthyr Tydfil 21 21 Monmouth 93 48 Montgomery 8 8 Neath 87 87 Newport 159 158 Ogwr 125 118 Port Talbot 108 32 Preseli 16 13 Radnor 6 2 Rhondda 47 47 Rhuddlan 24 20 Rhymney Valley 78 66 S. Pembrokeshire 23 18 Swansea 147 43 Taff-Ely 121 36 Torfaen 175 119 Vale of Glamorgan 111 76 Wrexham Maelor 220 113 Ynys Mon 19 6 Wales Total 2,627 1,765 (a) under part III of the Housing Act 1985.