To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish figures showing (a) the total number of homeless households in priority needs, (b) the total number of homeless households with dependent children and (c) homeless households with a pregnant member designated by local authorities in Wales as priority need in each year since 1986.
I will write to the hon. Gentleman and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many homeless households have applied and been accepted by Monmouth borough council for every year since 1980; and if he will make a statement.
The figures requested are as follows:
| Cases presented1 | Cases accepted2 | |
| 1981 | 3— | 194 |
| 1982 | 3— | 166 |
| 1983 | 3— | 182 |
| 1984 | 193 | 171 |
| 1985 | 367 | 284 |
| 1986 | 408 | 258 |
| 1987 | 297 | 258 |
| 1988 | 406 | 245 |
| 1989 | 204 | 157 |
| 1990 | 115 | 115 |
| 1 Defined as households about which inquiries were completed under Part III of the Housing Act 1985 and includes those who were not found to be homeless or threatened with homelessness. | ||
| 2 Defined as households accepted as homeless or threatened with homelessness. Both priority and non priority cases are included. | ||
| 3 Cases presented, by district, are not available before 1984. | ||
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many households were rehoused from the housing waiting list of Monmouth borough council for every year since 1980; and if he will make a statement.
The table sets out the total number housed by Monmouth borough council from its waiting list for each year from 1981–82, the earliest year for
The available information is given in the table:which information is available. Information on allocations resulting from local authority nominations to housing associations is not collected centrally.
| Number | |
| 1981–82 | 259 |
| 1982–83 | 287 |
| 1983–84 | 290 |
| 1984–85 | 275 |
| 1985–86 | 308 |
| 1986–87 | 204 |
| 1987–88 | 207 |
| 1988–89 | 126 |
| 1989–90 | 184 |
| 1990–91 | 185 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total number of households in Wales living in (a) bed-and-breakfast accommodation, (b) hostels including women's refuges and (c) short-life housing in each year since 1986.
I will write to the hon. Gentleman and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many homeless households were accepted for housing by Welsh local authorities in 1990; and if he will show the figures on a basis comparable with those collected by English local authorities.
A total of 6,670 households were accepted as being homeless by Welsh local authorities in 1990. This figure excludes an estimate of 2,000 households made homeless in Colwyn as a result of the major flooding incident in February 1990, none of whom remain in temporary accommodation.