HC Deb 02 November 1966 vol 735 cc129-32W
Mr. Frank Allaun

asked the Minister of Health (1) how many husbands he estimates to be separated from their wives and children living in accommodation for the homeless;

(2) if he will state the number of homeless families being accommodated by local authorities in total and for each of the major local authorities in reception centres and in short-stay accommodation, respectively.

Mr. K. Robinson

The total number of persons resident on 31st December, 1965 in temporary accommodation provided by local welfare authorities under the National Assistance Act in England and Wales was 12,411: detailed figures for each county, county borough and London borough other than those returning no persons in temporary accommodation at that date are set out below. I regret that the other information is not available, but I would draw my hon. Friend's attention to the circular I sent to local authorities this week in which I ask them to plan to provide accommodation in which husbands can be with their families and to report on their arrangements by 31st March next.

Number of persons in temporary accommodation at 31st December, 1965 in certain counties, county boroughs and London boroughs in England and Wales

ENGLAND
County Councils
Bedfordshire 79
Berkshire 38
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely 9
Cheshire 16
Cornwall 125
Cumberland 28
Derbyshire 45
Devon 503
Dorset 65
Durham 32
Essex 150
Gloucestershire 33
Herefordshire 50
Hertfordshire 274
Kent 224
Lancashire 123
Leicestershire 3
Lincolnshire (Holland) 2
Lincolnshire (Kesteven) 8
Lincolnshire (Lindsey) 30
Norfolk 20
Northamptonshire 9
Northumberland 33
Nottinghamshire 62
Oxfordshire 94
Rutland 4
Salop 15
Surrey 226
Sussex East 7
Sussex West 141
Warwickshire 20
Wiltshire 8
Worcestershire 9
Yorkshire, North Riding 45
Yorkshire, West Riding 11
Total County Councils 2,541

County Boroughs
Bath … … … 76
Birmingham … … … 214
Blackburn … … … 8
Bolton … … … 9
Bootle … … … 12
Bradford … … … 1
Brighton … … … 124
Bristol … … … 11
Canterbury … … … 8
Carlisle … … … 8
Coventry … … … 9
Darlington … … … 7
Derby … … … 30
Dewsbury … … … 12
Doncaster … … … 15
Eastbourne … … … 15
Exeter … … … 34
Gateshead … … … 37
Gloucester … … … 57
Great Yarmouth … … … 15
Grimsby … … … 10
Halifax … … … 18
Huddersfield … … … 20
Kingston-upon-Hull … … … 15

Leeds … … 49
Leicester … … 14
Lincoln … … 8
Liverpool … … 54
Luton … … 44
Manchester … … 30
Middlesbrough … … 4
Newcastle upon Tyne … … 17
Northampton … … 15
Norwich … … 241
Nottingham … … 6
Oldham … … 3
Oxford … … 40
Plymouth … … 132
Reading … … 17
Rotherham … … 6
Salford … … 8
Sheffield … … 226
Southampton … … 80
Southport … … 11
Stockport … … 6
Stoke on Trent … … 1
Sunderland … … 16
Wakefield … … 32
Wallasey … … 154
Warrington … … 3
West Hartlepool … … 2
Wigan … … 11
Wolverhampton … … 15
Worcester … … 16
Total County Boroughs … … 2,026

London Boroughs
Barking … … 2
Barnet … … 175
Brent … … 110
Bromley … … 24
Camden … … 442
Croydon … … 35
Ealing … … 165
Enfield … … 6
Greenwich … … 322
Hackney … … 880
Hammersmith … … 454
Haringey … … 61
Harrow … … 19
Havering … … 203
Hillingdon … … 118
Hounslow … … 89
Islington … … 621
Kensington and Chelsea … … 243
Lambeth … … 916
Lewisham … … 467
Merton … … 117
Newham … … 147
Richmond-upon-Thames … … 39
Southwark … … 525
Sutton … … 43
Tower Hamlets … … 391
Wandsworth … … 556
City of Westminster … … 469
Total London Boroughs … … 7,613
Total England … … 12,180

WALES
County Councils
Caernarvon … … … … 21
Cardigan … … … … 7
Flint … … … … 6

Glamorgan … … … … 42
Monmouth … … … … 51
Montgomery … … … … 8
County Boroughs
Cardiff … … … … 73
Newport … … … … 6
Swansea … … … … 17
Total Wales … … … … 231