§ Mr. WatersonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what his latest estimate is of the number of(a) hostel places for rough sleepers available and (b) rough sleepers in (i) London, (ii) Liverpool, (iii) Leeds, (iv) Birmingham and (v) Manchester. [138001]
§ Ms ArmstrongEach of the cities mentioned has a large number of hostels providing a range of different types of accommodation. Information about the extent of emergency access provision that can be accessed by rough sleepers is collected locally and contained in the table. The table also contains the single night street count figures for each area as at June 2000.
Emergency access accommodation1 Number of rough sleepers Greater London 2,574 546 Liverpool 42 19 Leeds 249 17 Birmingham 260 23 Manchester 66 23 1Number of beds