§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in the Official Report the number of houses or apartments which have been allocated by each local authority in the United Kingdom to refugees from Vietnam.
§ Mr. RaisonI would refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to a question by the hon. Member for Anglesey (Mr. Best) on 13 June and my pursuant reply on 3 July. Information regarding Northern Ireland is not immediately available and I shall write to the hon. Member. [Vol. 987, c.670.]
§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in the Official Report the number of houses or apartments which have been allocated by new town authorities in the United Kingdom to refugees from Vietnam.
§ Mr. RaisonI understand from the Joint Committee for Refugees from Vietnam that the information is as follows:
Development Corporations Offers Taken up Basildon 10 10 Bracknell 5 5 Central Lancashire 15 11 Cumbernauld 3 0 Cwmbran 3 3 East Kilbride 6 5 Glenrothes 4 1 Harlow 4 4 Irvine 2 2 Livingstone 7 5 Milton Keynes 20 16 Northampton 7 5 Peterborough 22 22 Redditch 4 4 Runcorn 6 6 Skelmersdale 12 8 Stevenage* 5 5 Telford 4 4 Washington 6 6 145 122 * Offers made prior to 30 June.