§ Simon HughesTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many homeless families there were in each Greater London borough, in each of the last seven years. [173294]
§ Yvette CooperThe latest available information reported to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister about the number of households accepted by each of the London boroughs as eligible for assistance, unintentionally homeless and in priority need is tabled as follows.
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Households accepted as homeless and in priority need 1997–981 1998–991 1999–20001 2000–011 2001–021 2002–031 20032 Southwark 884 1,204 1,614 1,703 1,317 1,857 1,671 Sutton 274 299 513 429 474 429 344 Tower Hamlets 971 1,070 1,130 1,282 1,400 1,617 1,701 Waltham Forest 880 1,048 856 1,024 1,121 1,140 1,048 Wandsworth 440 613 758 886 926 1,072 1,095 Westminster 1,124 1,266 1,152 1,075 1,154 1,074 1,060 London total 24,330 26,750 28,580 29,810 28,800 30,010 32,300
of which: Households with dependent children or a pregnant woman 1997–981 1998–991 1999–20001 2000–011 2001–021 2002–031 20032 Barking and Dagenham 36 169 160 165 229 339 3— Barnet 672 797 878 756 795 528 613 Bexley 192 217 206 285 377 376 278 Brent 618 663 714 719 905 774 707 Bromley 477 574 607 644 587 565 564 Camden 805 934 836 631 676 749 798 City of London 40 50 61 9 6 14 11 Croydon 662 609 903 1,397 892 935 1,034 Baling 850 759 763 826 680 779 901 Enfield 594 624 678 876 941 875 814 Greenwich 849 981 899 899 875 690 660 Hackney 451 535 780 605 691 847 3— Hammersmith and Fulham 455 556 735 681 531 533 3— Haringey 921 764 1,351 989 775 918 3— Harrow 575 574 512 513 327 286 232 Havering 227 311 107 157 125 135 281 Hillingdon 842 909 512 793 722 570 554 Hounslow 502 741 706 710 745 548 407 Islington 506 622 699 855 780 602 3— Kensington and Chelsea 334 324 312 361 277 256 264 Kingston upon Thames 292 295 245 285 282 278 233 Lambeth 489 680 808 798 982 985 852 Lewisham 729 908 1,106 746 799 818 1,134 Merton 147 160 173 32 109 103 106 Newham 808 884 1,144 1,196 982 1,048 1,027 Redbridge 235 230 353 380 368 100 3— Richmond upon Thames 415 420 239 213 260 156 176 Southwark 528 711 1,006 1,085 787 1,117 1,048 Sutton 190 182 353 261 278 237 164 Tower Hamlets 699 824 825 917 1,048 1,153 1,131 Waltham Forest 679 865 721 825 931 900 815 Wandsworth 333 469 558 610 575 647 664 Westminster 593 696 669 628 595 578 537 London total 16,750 19,040 20,620 20,850 19,930 19,440 21,060 1 Source: ODPM Housing Investment programme return (financial year). Data for 2003–04 wil1 be available in October 2004. 2 Source: ODPM PIE homelessness returns (sum of quarterly data). 3 Data not available.