§ Mr. O'Halloranasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the latest figures of families which are designated as homeless or living in local authority temporary accommodation, borough by borough, in the Greater London area at the latest available date; and how these figures compare with the same periods in 1970, 1971 and 1972.
§ Mr. DeanInformation is not available centrally in this form, but the number of families living in temporary accommodation provided by social services departments on 31st March 349W 1973, the latest date for which figures are available, and the corresponding
31st March 31st March 31st March 31st March 1973 1972 1971 1970 INNER LONDON— Camden … … … … 160 172 174 136 Greenwich … … … … — 67 59 63 Hackney … … … … 69 60 135 132 Hammersmith … … … 10 76 54 76 Islington … … … … — 481 455 351 Kensington and Chelsea … … 80 65 56 71 Lambeth … … … … — — 353 279 Lewisham … … … … — 210 167 146 Southwark … … … … 86 235 150 129 Tower Hamlets … … … 27 149 120 81 Wandsworth … … … … 72 163 116 152 Westminster … … … … 53 112 89 87 City of London … … … — — 1 1 OUTER LONDON Barking … … … … 13 10 10 10 Barnet … … … … 87 60 43 56 Bexley … … … … … 86 63 48 43 Brent … … … … … — 151 140 110 Bromley … … … … 59 37 22 21 Croydon … … … … 274 152 108 69 Ealing … … … … … 176 73 60 37 Enfield … … … … 5 4 5 12 Haringey … … … … 249 203 145 110 Harrow … … … … 22 14 14 13 Havering … … … … 14 7 7 6 Hillingdon … … … … 27 27 26 17 Hounslow … … … … 187 158 122 106 Kingston-upon-Thames … … 18 14 8 8 Merton … … … … — 82 74 36 Newham … … … … — 36 38 38 Redbridge … … … … 10 10 28 30 Richmond-upon-Thames … … — 23 24 23 Sutton … … … … 51 36 30 27 Waltham Forest … … … 10 29 27 23 During 1972 many London boroughs transferred responsibility for the temporary accommodation of homeless families from social services to housing departments. Families living in accommodation provided by housing departments are not included in these figures.