§ Mr. LivseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many homeless people there were in Wales by district council area in the years, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991.
§ Mr. Nicholas Bennett[holding answer 24 February 1992]: This information is given in the table.
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Number of persons in households accepted as homeless under Part III of the Housing Act 1985, by district 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Aberconwy 177 108 162 137 104 Alyn and Deeside 330 485 528 474 499 Arfon 102 63 65 77 93 Blaenau Gwent 463 595 695 841 761 Brecknock 180 176 243 269 318 Cardiff 1,592 2,971 3,334 2,483 4,052 Carmarthen 255 213 164 189 227 Ceredigion 188 187 180 331 373 Colwyn 104 87 93 1103 178 Cynon Valley 603 710 530 623 1,017 Delyn 712 679 1,002 825 683 Dinefwr 141 185 124 181 410 Dwyfor 163 119 178 162 127 Glyndwr 63 30 43 46 87 Islwyn 121 204 313 370 399 Llanelli 408 302 343 297 383 Lliw Valley 254 143 288 338 284 Meirionnydd 137 210 230 250 257 Merthyr Tydfil 207 191 359 496 365 Monmouth 618 576 357 281 388 Montgomeryshire 100 156 127 188 259 Neath 629 636 496 610 656 Newport 1,550 1,635 2,460 2,696 2,936 Ogwr 994 1,193 1,176 1,332 1,671 Port Talbot 357 327 442 303 340 Preseli 176 194 153 209 255 Radnorshire 31 60 36 64 45 Rhondda 268 270 292 166 358 Rhuddlan 296 256 273 293 177 Rhymney Valley 410 580 655 439 2395 South Pembrokeshire 210 271 241 248 205 Swansea3 654 439 345 450 1,779 Taff-Ely 321 395 442 568 715 Torfaen 708 881 968 1,216 1.038 Vale of Glamorgan 293 755 1,042 1,160 1,184
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Wrexham Maelor 522 717 740 863 730 Ynys Mon 65 106 49 97 111 1 Excludes those persons in the 2,000 estimated households made homeless as a result of the major flooding incident in February 1990. 2 Information for 1991 is provisional. 3 It is known that the figure for Swansea prior to 1991 was was under-recorded by the authority. Source: Welsh Office local authority returns.