§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of families taken into Part III accommodation over the last 10 years, who have had children over 16 years of age.
§ Mr. DeanThe number of persons living in Part III accommodation over the past 10 years was as follows:
Date Adults Children under 16 31st December 1962 … 3,674 6,424 31st December 1963 … 3,770 7,022 31st December 1964 … 4,497 8,220 31st December 1965 … 4,188 7,992 31st December 1966 … 4,662 8,155 31st December 1967 … 5,574 9,798 31st December 1968 … 6,697 11,560 31st December 1969 … 7,669 13,151 31st December 1970 … 8,777 14,672 31st March 1972 … 9,652 15,270 No information is available about the number of children aged 16 and over.
61WThe number of families and persons admitted to Part HI accommodation during each year since statistics were first collected in this form was as follows:
Year Families Persons 1967 … … … 4,620 19,480 1968 … … … 5,236 19,389 1969 … … … 5,476 21,678 1970 … … … 5,926 24,618 1971 … … … 6,297 25,603 1972 … … … 6,410 24,432 In addition, during 1972 a number of housing departments within London boroughs took over responsibility for the temporary accommodation of homeless families from social services departments.