§ Mr. Clinton Davisasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how
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NUMBER OF PERSONS IN TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION AT DATES INDICATED 31st December, 1965 31st December, 1966 31st December,1967 31st December,1968 31st December,1969 30th September 1970 Inner London: City of London — 5 Nil 5 1 9 Camden 442 549 446 350 507 595 Greenwich 322 358 364 267 206 262 Hackney 880 708 612 621 741 654 Hammersmith 454 295 342 328 361 363 Islington 621 706 886 1,185 1,522 1,930 Kensineton and Chelsea 243 202 252 301 337 289 Lambeth 916 980 1,340 1,394 1,512 1,681 Lewisham 467 505 480 608 668 664 Southwark 525 568 564 640 649 575 Tower Hamlets 391 280 256 266 298 477 Wandsworth 556 623 610 636 706 712 Westminster 469 422 408 450 372 424 TOTALS 6,286 6,201 6,580 7,051 7,880 8,635 Outer London: Barking 2 46 26 61 35 58 Barnet 175 181 157 177 234 227 Bexley — 18 90 145 177 238 Brent 110 114 164 256 451 620 Bromley 24 47 61 90 115 108 Croydon 35 34 103 219 319 426 Ealing 165 152 186 185 187 195 Enfield 6 26 19 26 39 20 Haringey 61 153 289 342 482 644 Harrow 19 59 47 44 52 47 Havering 203 15 43 12 18 27 Hillingdon 118 111 92 96 90 128 Hounslow 89 53 213 366 424 503 Kingston-upon-Thames — 21 13 39 17 44 Merton 117 138 115 151 185 261 Newham 147 173 220 232 173 222 Redbridge — 39 73 54 99 103 Richmond-upon-Thames 13 38 35 81 103 111 Sutton 43 41 63 96 115 129 Waltham Forest — 61 78 68 101 120 TOTALS 1,327 1,966 2,087 2,740 3,416 4,231 GRAND TOTALS 7,613 8,167 8.667 9,791 11,296 12,866 many persons in each of the inner London boroughs were officially recorded as being homeless in each of the years from 1964 to 1970;
(2) how many persons in each of the outer London boroughs were officially recorded as being homeless in each of the years from 1964 to 1970.
§ Mr. AlisonI have been asked to reply.
The available information relates to men, women and children who are resident in local authority temporary accommodation because they are homeless, and these figures are given below. Comparable figures for 1964 are not available due to the reorganisation of local government in London in April, 1965.