§ Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the latest available figures of homeless families in each of the 32 boroughs in the Greater London Council area.
§ Mr. DeanThe figures are as follows:
Number of families living in temporary accommodation at 31st December, 1970 Inner London Camden … … 172 Greenwich … … 63 Hackney … … 127 Hammersmith … … 71 Islington … … 457 Kensington and Chelsea … … 54 Lambeth … … 353 Lewisham … … 145 Southwark … … 131 Tower Hamlets … … 106 Wandsworth … … 110 City of Westminster … … 92 City of London … … 2 Total Inner London Boroughs … … 1,883
Outer London Barking … … 12 Barnet … … 53 Bexley … … 52 Brent … … 132 Bromley … … 22 Croydon … … 87 Ealing … … 50 Enfield … … 5 Haringey … … 136 Harrow … … 15 Havering … … 6 Hillingdon … … 25 Hounslow … … 121 Kingston-upon-Thames … … 11 Merton … … 67 Newham … … 40 Redbridge … … 27 Richmond-upon-Thames … … 21 Sutton … … 30 Waltham Forest … … 25 Total Outer London Boroughs … … 937 Greater London Council Total … … 2,820
§ Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many children have been taken into care by the 446W London Borough of Wandsworth as a result of eviction, or homelessness.
§ Mr. DeanIn the year ending 31st March, 1971, the London Borough of Wandsworth recorded the reception of three children into care because of eviction and of 34 because their families were homeless through a cause other than eviction.