§ Mr. Douglas-Mannasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will publish such figures are are currently available, region by region, as to the number of homeless families accepted for rehousing by local authorities since the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 came into force, together with such information as he has to indicate how many such families would not have been accepted but for that Act by reference to previous periods or other means.
§ Mr. ArmstrongThe Department intends to publish statistics covering the four months since the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 came into effect on 1st December 1977 as soon as practicable after March 1978.