§ Mr. SwayneTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many persons are currently registered homeless in Wales; and how many were so registered for the quarter ending June 1997. [71297]
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Mr. Jon Owen JonesInformation is not collected centrally on the number of individual people estimated to be homeless. Information on homeless households is shown in the following table.
Homeless households: Wales1 April-June 1997 July-September 1998 Unintentionally homeless and in priority need 1,137 1,208 Intentionally homeless and in priority need 87 81 Homeless but not in priority need 1,020 95 1 Excludes households not eligible for assistance under the Housing Act 1996 Following the transfer of functions, this issue will be a matter for the National Assembly.