HC Deb 09 December 1952 vol 509 c41W
129. Mr. Beswick

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government on what information and figures of half-way house accommodation available and of estimated cases of eviction he bases his decision that no further steps are required in the county of Middlesex to prevent hardship to homeless families this winter.

Mr. Marples

There are 76 half-way houses in Middlesex providing for 740 families. If the accommodation thus provided is used as a temporary expedient as has always been the intention, it should be sufficient for its purpose.