§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the name, location and capacity of the reception and resettlement centres administered by the Supplementary Benefits Commission for homeless single (a) men and (b) women; if he considers the number of places to be sufficient; and what steps he is taking to increase the number.
§ Mrs. ChalkerIt is assumed that the question refers to all reception centres, including resettlement units, administered 443W by the Supplementary Benefits Commission for people without a settled way of living; these are listed. I consider that
RECEPTION CENTRES INCLUDING RESETTLEMENT UNITS Provincial Location Bed capacity Alvaston Derby 104 Brighton Sussex 38 Crown Quay Lodge Sittingbourne, Kent 76 Fazakerley Liverpool 61 Glasgow Bishopbriggs, Glasgow 63 Leeds Leeds 96 Leicester Wigston, Leicester 100 Newbury Berkshire 68 Plawsworth Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham 112 Southampton Southampton 80 South Wales Bridgend, Mid-Glamorgan 64 Walkden Worsley, Manchester 84 West Midlands Stourbridge, Worcestershire 123 Winterbourne Bristol 112 Woodhouse Sheffield 96 London Camberwell Peckham, SE15 550 Camden Birkenhead Street, WC1 35* Cedars Lodge Cedars Road, SW4 30* 70† Bridge House Kingsdown Close, W10 120 Hither Green Ennersdale Road, SE13 150 Pound Lodge Pound Lane, NW10 80 Lancelot Andrewes House Great Guildford Street, Southwark, SE1 60 West End House Dean Street, Soho, W1 80 Total 2,452 * Women. † Men.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of homeless single (a) men and (b) women who used the reception and resettlement centres administered by the Supplementary Benefits Commission; what is the last year for which figures
Under 17 18–24 25–34 35–44 45–54 55–59 60–64 65 & over Male 21 1,766 3,452 3,237 3,011 1,331 801 736 Female 1 193 158 124 79 43 27 8 [This information is not available for earlier periods].