§ 10. Mr. Sorensenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were given emergency accommodation, other than for arrested persons, in police stations in the Metropolitan Police area during 1955; and the instructions issued in respect of this need, particularly arising from evictions.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeFifty-seven persons, other than persons under arrest, were accommodated overnight in police stations in the Metropolitan Police district during 1955. Metropolitan Police General Orders make it clear that the care of the homeless is primarily a matter for the local authorities, and it is only in very exceptional cases that police accommodation is made available for this purpose on humanitarian grounds.