§ Miss Wrightasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many individuals or households reported themselves as homeless in the city of Birmingham in 1979; and how many were found accommodation of a temporary nature under the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act.
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Designated Districts Assistance provided under the Inner Urban Areas Act for which Urban Programme support has been approved Position at 31 December 1979 Service Industry Manufacturing Industry £ £ £ £ Partnerships Loans Grants Loans Grants Birmingham … … … 21,000 81,500 London Docklands … … 247,350 57,864 451,950 99,887 Newcastle—Gateshead … 8,000 117,500 40,000 6,300 Liverpool … … … … 19,350 82,475 57,000 21,090 Manchester—Salford … 136,000 12,000 144,100 Docklands (OuterArea) … 10,300 59,500 1,500 Hackney (Outer Area) … 2,400 43,575 Programme Authority Areas Wolverhampton … … 60,000 Hull … … … … 65,000 201,000 Sheffield … … … 30,000 Nottingham … … … 4,443 18,368 Wirral … … … … 12,555 Sunderland … … … 18,000 129,000 32,000 North Tyneside … … 11,055 South Tyneside … … 120,000 Middlesbrough … … 6,000 97,000 Other Designated District Areas Hartlepool … … … 12,000 18,000 40,000 7,000 Rochdale … … … 29,500 Rotherham … … … 300 1,200 Wandsworth … … … 30,940 8,500 Haringey … … … 58,000 11,500 36,000 53,470 Estimates of new employment created through the use of the Inner Urban Areas Act powers are not yet available, but this factor will be one of the items taken into consideration in the present review of the Act.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergI refer the hon. Member to my reply on 28 January to the hon. Member for Hackney, North and Stoke Newington (Mr. Brown. [Vol. 977, c. 535–36.] Comparable figures for the city of Birmingham are about 3,300 households for whom the city has accepted responsibility; of whom about 800 were found their first accommodation in a hotel or hostel.