§ Mr. O'Halloranasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number of families which are designated as homeless or living in local authority temporary accommodation, borough by borough, in the Greater London area at the latest available date; and how these figures compare with the same period last year.
§ Mr. DeanInformation is not available centrally in this form, but the number of families living in temporary accommodation provided by social services departments at 31st December 1972, the latest available date for which figures are available, compared with 31st December 1971, was as follows:
Inner London 31st December 1971 31st December 1972 Camden … 200 160 Greenwich … 57 — Hackney … 59 70 Hammersmith … 76 10 Islington … 465 — Kensington and Chelsea … 62 79 Lambeth … 384 23 Lewisham … 183 — Southwark … 227 118 Tower Hamlets … 136 168 Wandsworth … 160 70 Westminster … 106 44 City of London … — —
Outer London 31st December 1971 31st December 1972 Barking 9 11 Barnet 58 82 Bexley 61 80 Brent 139 — Bromley 28 49 Croydon 133 238 Ealing 61 131 Enfield 6 5 Haringey 200 211 Harrow 14 22 Havering 3 5 Hillingdon 27 29 Hounslow 152 178 Kingston-upon-Thames 16 16 Merton 81 — Newham 36 36 Redbridge 32 12 Richmond-upon-Thames 24 — Sutton 33 48 Waltham Forest 28 11 The figures are not comparable in those Boroughs which, during 1972, decided to provide some or all accommodation for homeless families through their housing 21W departments, as recommended in the joint working party reports on homelessness in London and endorsed by the London Boroughs Association.