HC Deb 21 October 1987 vol 120 cc834-5W
Mr. Corbyn

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many families, per London borough, are currently in bed-and-breakfast accommodation; and what were the relevant figures for 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986.

Mr. Waldegrave

Local authorities report the numbers of households living, at the end of each quarter, in bed-and-breakfast accommodation provided by the authorities during inquiries under the homelessness provisions of the Housing Act 1985 or awaiting permanent accommodation. The figures reported by the London boroughs are as follows:

Number of households at end of June
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
City of London 0 0 1 0 0
Barking and Dagenham 0 0 0 0 0
Barnet 0 2 3 3 2
Bexley 3 9 22 11 2
Brent 442 583 722 689 1,000
Bromley 0 0 0 0 1
Camden 260 n.a. n.a. n.a. 1n.a.
Croydon 0 0 0 0 1
Ealing 116 127 134 117 938
Enfield 5 21 8 75 195
Greenwich 0 0 0 0 0
Hackney n.a. 197 n.a. 450 831
Hammersmith 60 77 n.a. 143 509
Haringey 53 69 118 307 609
Harrow 33 37 51 42 56
Havering 0 0 0 0 0
Hillingdon n.a. 54 66 169 148
Hounslow 61 61 48 55 99
Islington 1 0 47 80 175
Kensington & Chelsea 8 15 14 37 40
Kingston upon Thames 19 68 81 85 80
Lambeth 144 88 172 n.a. 438
Lewisham n.a. 39 32 n.a. 1n.a.

1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Merton 10 0 2 4 23
Newham 6 n.a. n.a. n.a. 420
Redbridge 0 0 0 0 1n.a.
Richmond upon Thames 0 1 5 20 37
Southwark 0 13 42 133 104
Sutton 39 19 44 30 85
Tower Hamlets n.a. 209 n.a. n.a. 664
Waltham Forest 0 n.a. 0 0 0
Wandsworth 23 79 103 185 258
Westminster 101 77 115 331 312

Notes: n.a. = not available.

1 = latest information available:

Camden March 1987 1,258

Lewisham March 1987 132

Redbridge September 1986 0