Lord Winstanleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many people have been accommodated by local authorities in bed and breakfast hotels due to homelessness in each year since 1979 and what was the annual cost.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment (Lord Skelmersdale)The table below is extracted from the annual statistical reports on homelessness published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy:
Number of households placed in bed and breakfast Gross expenditure on bed and breakfast provision £m 1979/80 5,600 7.5 1980/81 10,700 6.9 1981/82 9,800 5.3 1982/83 10,000 7.6 1983/84 10,700 12.0 1984/85 11,700 14.5 1985/86 14,400 26.2 Comparable information for Scotland is not available.
Lord Winstanleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many people applied to local authorities under the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977, and how many were accepted, for each year since 1979.
§ Lord SkelmersdaleThe information for Great Britain is given in the table.
Year Number of enquiries completed ('000) Number of households accepted ('000) 1979 136 68 1980 150 75 1981 168 82 1982 181 87 1983 195 90 1984 208 97 1985 234 110 The information has been derived from returns made by local authorities, currently Part E of the voluntary P1 (Housing) return for England, Form WHO 12 for Wales, and Form HL1 for Scotland.