§ Mr. RaynsfordTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many homeless households were temporarily accommodated in bed-and-breakfast hotels by each of the London boroughs, in rank order, at the latest available date.
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§ Sir George YoungThe numbers of households reported by the London boroughs in bed-and-breakfast accommodation at the end of September 1993, the latest date for which data are available, ranked by size are as follows:
London borough Households in bed-and-breakfast accommodation Wandsworth 435 Tower Hamlets 322 Hammersmith and Fulham 240 Kensington and Chelsea 215 Westminster 210 Haringey 202 Barnet 188 Hackney 159 Lambeth 100 Enfield 82 Brent 78 Harrow 74 Hillingdon 67 Newham 45 Croydon 44 Hounslow 36 Bromley 34 Redbridge 21 Kingston upon Thames 20 Southwark 18 Sutton 16 Ealing 9 Merton 9 Bexley 6 City of London 4 Havering 0 Lewisham 0 Greenwich 0 Richmond upon Thames 0 Waltham Forest 0 Camden 0 Barking and Dagenham 0 Source: Quarterly PIE returns.
No return was received from Islington for this period.
The differences in the use of bed-and-breakfast accommodation reflect variations in authorities' practices and in the level of homeless acceptances.