§ Mr. Nellistasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has concerning the number of homeless people in the west midlands for each half year since 1979.
§ Sir George YoungThe information is as follows:
Number of households accepted as homeless in the west midlands Half-year Metropolitan districts Non metropolitan districts 1979 1st 2,380 870 2nd 2,330 830 1980 1st 2,540 1,000 2nd 2,920 1,270 1981 1st 2,970 1,390 2nd 3,280 1,330 1982 1st 3,450 1,530 2nd 2,960 1,530 1983 1st 3,440 1,470 2nd 3,080 1,350 1984 1st 3,550 1,510 2nd 3,740 1,590
1980 mecu 1981 mecu 1982 mecu 1983 mecu 1984 mecu 1985 mecu Yield from 1 per cent. VAT base United Kingdom 1,844 1,927 2,968 3,011 2,927 3,300 European Economic Community (10) 10,734 11,715 13,146 14,060 14,609 15,559 Agricultural levies United Kingdom 402 349 476 320 341 280 European Economic Community (10) 1,535 1,265 1,522 1,347 1,260 1,388 Sugar levies United Kingdom 32 47 72 73 102 79 European Economic Community (10) 470 482 705 944 1,170 987 Customs duties United Kingdom 1,440 1,551 1,785 1,831 2,160 2,157 European Economic Community (10) 5,906 6,392 6,815 6,989 7,961 8,096 Notes:
(i) The figures for both the 1per cent. yield from the harmonised VAT base and the duties and levies for 1980 to 1983 include the adjustments agreed with the Commission for the period up to 30 June 1984. For 1984 the duties and levies are latest Commission estimates. (Source: European Commission budget revenue estimates.)
(ii) The Civil Service strike of 1981 delayed collection of some VAT until 1982. This is the major factor behind the exceptional 1982 figure for the United Kingdom's 1 per cent. VAT base.
(iii) The figures for the 1 per cent. yield from the harmonised VAT base for 1984 are the budget estimate. (Source: Official Journal of the European Comunities—amending and supplementary budget No. 1.) Those for 1985 are the figures for own resources established in
28WNote: The figures are not directly comparable for the whole period because the method of collecting the information changed in the second half of 1980 for non-metropolitan districts and in the second half of 1982 for metropolitan districts.