§ Mr. John Evansasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people are officially registered as homeless in the North-West Region of England.
§ Mr. KaufmanNo official registers are kept of the homeless and no figures can, therefore, be given for individual districts or the North-West Region as a whole. I am conscious of the need for more information about the homeless, and a new statistical information system is being introduced throughout England and Wales with effect from 1st January 1975.