§ Mr. Stuart Hollandasked 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 185W 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 authorities, and for each English local authority area, for the second half of 1982.
§ Sir George YoungThe figures for England are as follows: advice and assistance only was given in 18,600 cases; the household was found not to be homeless nor threatened with homelessness within 28 days in 24,400 cases; the total number of inquiries completed was 81,600. Because variations in the way local authorities interpret the returns make comparisons between individual local authorities or groups of authorities misleading, I am not prepared to give detailed figures.