HC Deb 24 January 1996 vol 270 cc295-7W
Mr. Raynsford

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what action was taken by local authorities in Wales

Mr. Squire

[holding answer 8 November 1995]: The information for all 15-year-old pupils in (a) England,(b) the local education authority maintained, (c) grant-maintained and (d) independent sectors, on the same coverage as in the annual school performance tables, and also by gender (i) their GCSE average point score per pupil where A* = 7 and where A* = 8 and (ii) the percentage achieving (1) at least five GCSEs at grades A* = C, (2) at least one GCSE at grade C or higher, (3) at least five GCSEs at grade G or higher and (4) at least one GCSE at grade G or higher is shown in the following table:

for those households accepted as homeless and in priority need by reason of old age in each quarter of 1993 and 1994 and in the first two quarters of 1995. [10263]

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The information requested is provided in the following table.

Action taken by local authority for those households accepted as homeless in Wales, in priority need by reason of old age
Number of cases
1993 1994 1995
Action taken by local authority January-March April-June July-September October-December January-March April-June July-September October-December January-March April-June
Enabled to stay in/return to previous accommodation 16 9 17 17 13 30 28 29 24 30
Placed in ordinary local authority dwelling 35 36 36 30 34 21 24 25 24 18
Placed in short life local authority dwelling 2 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 2
Placed in new town dwelling 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Placed in housing association dwelling 3 1 1 3 1 8 1 4 4 8
Placed in private rented dwelling 2 1 1 0 6 2 2 0 1 3
Placed in bed and breakfast 11 5 2 2 3 4 8 1 2 3
Placed in local authority hostel 5 5 1 5 4 13 2 4 4 5
Placed in mobile home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Placed with relative/friends 5 5 2 5 8 2 4 1 5 5
Placed in women's refuge 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Case referred to another housing authority 1 0 3 1 0 2 3 0 0 2
Case referred to a voluntary 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Given advice and appropriate assistance 15 12 15 12 18 8 16 13 11 6
Total 96 80 81 78 90 91 89 78 77 82

Local authority returns.

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