§ Mr. WilsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list, for the latest available date, the numbers of 16 and 17-year-olds for whom a direction was made enabling income support to be awarded under the severe hardship provision who were(a) living independently and (b) in lodgings.
§ Mr. JackThe latest information available, for the four weeks commencing 25 March 1991, shows that 2,240 directions enabling income support to be awarded to young people living independently were made under the severe hardship provision. Of those, 308 were made to those in board and lodging accommodation and 223 to those in hostels, including night shelters.