§ 35. Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether there has been an increase or decrease in homelessness in the last 12 months.
§ Mr. ArmstrongWe have just published the figures for the second half of 1975. These show no appreciable differences from the pattern indicated in the figures for the first half of 1975. Figures for 1976 are not yet available, but my right hon. Friend hopes to publish those for the first half of 1976 very early in the New Year. It is too early to draw any conclusions about trends from the figures so far available, and I must emphasise that they are not comparable with figures formerly published by the Department of Health and Social Security about those in temporary accommodation.