§ 37. Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the latest figures for homeless households(a) in bed-and-breakfast accommodation and (b) in other temporary accommodation in England and Wales.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerLatest estimates of households temporarily resident in bed and breakfast and other forms of temporary accommodation in England appear in tables 4(a), (b) and (c) of "Local authorities' action under the homelessness provisions of the 1985 Housing Act: England. Results for the fourth quarter 1989. Supplementary Tables", which is in the Library.
For information about Wales I refer the hon. Member to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
§ 95. Mr. Roy HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what further proposals he has to combat homelessness.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave earlier today to the hon. Member for Vauxhall (Miss Hoey).
§ 48. Mr. CallaghanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimate he has made of the cost of bed-and-breakfast or other emergency accommodation as a result of mortgage repossession.
§ Mr. ChopeInformation is not held centrally in the form requested. For the latest estimate of the total cost to local authorities of keeping homeless families in bed and breakfast accommodation I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister for Housing and Planning, on 21 February 1990 to the hon. Member for Wigan (Mr. Stott) at column746.