§ Mr. Chris Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what was the number of homeless households housed as secure tenants as a proportion of all new households housed as secure tenants by local authorities in (a) Greater London, (b) metropolitan
Homeless households† housed as secure tenants by local authorities Greater London Metropolitan districts Non-metropolitan districts England percentage of all new secure tenancies 1978–79* 25 9 14 14 1979–80* 30 10 13 15 1980–81 27 12 15 16 1981–82 29 12 15 17 1982–83 33 14 16 18 1983–84 38 15 15 18 1984–85 44 17 16 20 thousand new secure tenancies 1984–85 homeless households 13.7 14.0 18.6 46.4 all 31.1 81.4 116.1 228.7 * Excluding lettings by the GLC which made no return: the corresponding percentages for 1980–81 would be 31 per cent. for Greater London and 16 per cent. for England. † Households accepted as homeless and in priority need.