§ Mr. Raceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment, from the returns received by his Department from local authorities for households about whom inquiries were completed under the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 (a) in how many cases advice and assistance only was given, (b) in how many cases the household was found not to be homeless, nor threatened with homelessness within 28 days and (c) what was the total number of inquiries completed under the Act; and if he will give this information for England as a whole, for Greater London, for the metropolitan authorities, excluding London, for the non-metropolitan areas, and for each English local authority area for each of the years this information has been collected.
§ Sir George YoungI shall answer this question shortly.