HC Deb 19 December 1990 vol 183 cc194-5W
Mr. Gwilym Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the numbers of those legally defined as homeless for each district council in Wales; and if he will estimate the proportion of each who do not have a roof over their heads.

Mr. Nicholas Bennett

Data for the third quarter of 1990 on the number of cases accepted as homeless, or threatened with homelessness within 28 days, as described in part 3, section 58 of the Housing Act 1985, are given in the following table. The proportion of these cases who do not have a roof over their head is nil.

Cases accepted as homeless
Welsh districts Cases
Aberconwy 9
Alyn and Deeside 51
Arfon 10
Blaenau Gwent 98
Brecknock 24
Cardiff 281
Carmarthen 18
Ceredigion 37
Colwyn 15
Cynon Valley 67
Delyn 67
Dinefwr 15
Dwyfor 13
Glyndwr 3
Islwyn 39
Llanelli 30
Lliw Valley 21
Meirionnydd 24
Merthyr Tydfil 55
Monmouth 26
Montgomeryshire 29
Neath 81
Newport 285
Ogwr 183
Port Talbot 25
Preseli Pembrokeshire 17

Welsh districts Cases
Radnorshire 9
Rhondda 21
Rhuddlan 25
Rhymney Valley 41
South Pembrokeshire 25
Swansea 54
Taff-Ely 52
Torfaen 143
Vale of Glamorgan 115
Wrexham Maelor 137
Ynys Mon 14
Wales total 2,159