HC Deb 04 August 1980 vol 990 cc30-1W
Mr. Proctor

asked 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. Raison

I 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. Proctor

asked 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. Raison

I 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.

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