§ Mr. O'Halloranasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of families which are now living in temporary accommodation, borough by borough in the greater London area.
§ Mr. DeanI have been asked to reply.
The number of families living in temporary accommodation provided by social services departments at 30th September 1972, the latest date for which figures are available, was as follows:
Inner London Camden … … 140 Hackney … … 65 Hammersmith … … 19 Kensington and Chelsea … … 80 Lambeth … … 10 Southwark … … 179 Tower Hamlets … … 133 Wandsworth … … 95 City of Westminster … … 131 Outer London Barking … … 11 Barnet … … 67 Bexley … … 78 Bromley … … 44 Croydon … … 212 Ealing … … 110 Enfield … … 5 Haringey … … 171 Harrow … … 13 Havering … … 6 Hillingdon … … 27 Hounslow … … 165 Kingston upon Thames … … 16 Newham … … 37 Redbridge … … 11 Sutton … … 44 Waltham Forest … … 15 In addition some London boroughs were at that date providing accommodation 178W for homeless families through their housing departments, as recommended in the joint working party reports on homelessness in London and endorsed by the London Boroughs Association.