§ Q10. Miss Lestorasked the Prime Minister if he is satisfied with the coordination between the Home Office, the 265W Department of Health and Social Security and the Department of the Environment in relation to the single homeless; and if he will make a statement.
§ The Prime MinisterThere is already close co-ordination between all Departments concerned with the single homeless. The Supplementary Benefits Commission's Reception Centre Service is being expanded; and the Commission is making grants on an increasing scale to voluntary organisations providing similar accommodation.