§ Mr. Raceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many homeless households accepted by English local authorities under the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977, in each of the years 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981, comprised single people who were (a) men and (b) women between the ages of (i) 55 and 60 years, (ii) 55 and 65 years, (iii) 50 and 55 years, (iv) 40 and 50 years, (v) 16 and 18 years, (vi) 18 and 19 years, (vii) 19 and 20 years, (viii) 20 and 25 years and (ix) 25 and 30 years.
§ Sir George YoungFor the period 1978 to third quarter of 1980, this information could be made available only at disproportionate cost. For later periods, detailed information for England on the characteristics of homeless households accepted by local authorities has not been collected.
§ Mr. Raceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many households in England have been declared intentionally homeless, under the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977, in each of the years 1978 to 1981, for reasons of previous eviction for rent arrears; in how many of these households there were (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four or more children; and for what average length of time each category was enabled to reside in temporary accommodation.
§ Sir George YoungIt is estimated that about 500 of the households declared intentionally homeless in each of 1978 and 1979 and the first nine months of 1980 had lost their last accommodation because of rent arrears. This information has not been collected for England since the third quarter of 1980. A breakdown of these results by number of children in the household could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Information on length of time in temporary accommodation is not collected.
§ Mr. Raceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many households were accepted by local authorities as homeless under the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977, in each of the years 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981, whose last accommodation before acceptance was (a) a hostel and (b) bed and breakfast accommodation, for England as a whole, London, the metropolitan districts and the non-metropolitan districts.
§ Sir George YoungInformation on the number of homeless households whose most recent accommodation before acceptance was "hotel, hostel or lodgings" is published in the series of documents "Homeless Households Reported by Local Authorities in England", copies of which are in the Library. A breakdown between "hostels" and "bed and breakfast" is not available. The results are available for London boroughs and metropolitan districts for 1978 to 1981. For non-metropolitan districts they have not been collected since October 1980.
§ Mr. Raceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many households in England, placed in (a) bed and breakfast and (b) hostel accommodation 102W while inquiries were being made following application under the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977, remained in that accommodation after a decision to accept the household had been notified to them; and how many of these, in each of the years 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981, remained in that accommodation, or were transferred to similar accommodation, for a period of (i) up to one month, (ii) one to three months, (iii) three to six months, (iv) six to nine months, (v) nine to 12 months and (vi) more than 12 months, according to whether they had been adjudged intentionally or unintentionally homeless;
(2) how many households were placed by local authorities in (a) bed and breakfast and (b) hostel accommodation after application had been made to them under the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977, but where the final decision had not yet been notified to the household concerned distinguishing between England, London, the metropolitan districts and the non-metropolitan districts, in each of the years 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981.
§ Sir George YoungI regret that this information is not available.
§ Mr. Raceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many households were accepted by local authorities as homeless under the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977, for whom (a) bed and breakfast and (b) hostel accommodation was secured by the local authority as first accommodation after acceptance as homeless, for England as a whole, London, the metropolitan districts and the non-metropolitan districts, in each of the years 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981.
§ Sir George YoungThis information is available for London boroughs and metropolitan districts and for non-metropolitan districts up to the third quarter of 1980 in the series of documents "Homeless Households Report by Local Authorities in England", copies of which are in the Library. From the fourth quarter of 1980 the information has not been collected for non-metropolitan districts.