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Homeless Persons

Volume 21: debated on Monday 29 March 1982

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asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will break down the latest homelessness figures in each district into those who were priority cases under the Homeless Persons Act 1977 and those who were not.

The information is given in the following table.

Number of households accepted as homeless January-June 1981
Priority casesOther cases
Alyn and Deeside402
Colwyn50
Delyn241
Glyndwr61
Rhuddlan251
Wrexham Maelor636
Carmarthen325
Ceredigion110
Dinefwr50
Llanelli243
Preseli261
South Pembrokeshire312

Priority cases

Other cases

Blaenau Gwent685
Islwyn263
Monmouth7719
Newport2677
Torfaen10241
Aberconwy290
Arfon80
Dwyfor170
Meirionnydd4018
Ynys Mon52
Cynon Valley12617
Merthyr Tydfil4619
Ogwr402
Rhondda12131
Rhymney Valley720
Taff-Ely352
Brecknock74
Montgomery133
Radnor60
Cardiff18223
Vale of Glamorgan726
Afan120
Lliw Valley180
Neath11929
Swansea594183
WALES2,394436

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will review the way in which he compiles annual statistics for homelessness.

The methods by which statistics are collected and complied by the Welsh Office are under continuous review, but it is never easy to reconcile the demands for more detailed information on the one hand with the necessity to reduce the burden of form-filling on the other.