§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many units of council accommodation have been provided for single homeless people other than those receiving old-age pensions in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. ArmstrongInformation is not available in the precise form requested. It is estimated that the numbers of single 313W homeless people (excluding those of pensionable age) for whom local authorities in England have accepted responsibility for securing accommodation in 1975, 1976 and the first half of 1977 are as follows:
1975 780 1976 1,270 January-June 1977 720 It is not known how many of these will have been provided with council accommodation—however, it is estimated that about 80 per cent. of homeless households who obtain permanent accommodation are accommodated by the local authority. Estimates for the rest of 1977, and for the first quarter of 1978 will be published very shortly, and I will write to the hon. Member then.