§ Mr. HainTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list figures by district for(a) the number of people who presented as homeless and (b) the number of people accepted as homeless for 1991 and 1992.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesInformation on the number of people who apply as homeless to local authorities is not available centrally. The numbers of persons in households accepted as homeless by local authorities under part III of the Housing Act 1985 are shown in the table:
Persons accepted as homeless 1991 1992 Aberconwy 104 151 Alyn and Deeside 499 633 Arfon 93 103 Blaenau Gwent 761 417 Brecknock 318 318 Cardiff 4,052 4,555 Carmarthen 227 363 Ceredigion 373 340 Colwyn 178 176 Cynon Valley 1,017 543 Delyn 683 503 Dinefwr 410 542 Dwyfor 127 104 Glyndwr 87 70 Islwyn 399 414 Llanelli 383 284 Lliw Valley 284 325 Meirionnydd 257 174 Merthyr Tydfil 365 238 Monmouth 388 286 Montgomeryshire 259 296 Neath 656 757 Newport 2,936 2,283 Ogwr 1,809 2,095 Port Talbot 340 369 Preseli 255 359 Radnorshire 45 82 Rhondda 358 374 Rhuddlan 177 91 Rhymney Valley 395 335 South Pembrokeshire 205 171 Swansea 1,779 1,622 Taff-Ely 743 770 Torfaen 1,038 952 Vale of Glamorgan 1,184 1,139 Wrexham Maelor 730 864 Ynys Môn 111 204 Source: Welsh Office local authority returns.