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Homelessness

Volume 170: debated on Friday 30 March 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many homeless households there are in bed-and-breakfast accommodation and in other temporary accommodation in Wales in each of the boroughs and districts; and if he will make a statement.

The figures are as follows:

Numbers of households in temporary accommodation on 31 December 1989
At end of quarter
TotalBed and breakfast
Aberconwy00
Alyn and Deeside281
Arfon30
Blaenau Gwent120
Brecknock70
Cardiff179110
Carmarthen160
Ceredigion32
Colwyn50
Cynon Valley80
Delyn184
Dinefwr44
Dwyfor21
Glyndwr10
Islwyn141
Llanelli2517
Lliw Valley300
Meirionnydd70
Merthyr Tydfil20
Monmouth362
Montgomery80
Neath207
Newport1411
Ogwy80
Port Talbot272
Preseli Pembrokeshire124
Radnor10
Rhondda00
Rhuddlan30
Rhymney Valley1713
South Pembrokeshire100
Swansea242
Taff Ely51
Torfaen180
Vale of Glamorgan1330
Wrexham Maelor51
Ynys Mon00
Wales832173

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people are homeless in Wales; and if he will make a statement.

In the period October to December 1989, 1,618 households were accepted as homeless by local authorities in Wales. I announced a package of measures to tackle homelessness in Wales on 11 December.