HC Deb 14 July 1986 vol 101 c326W
Mr. Nellist

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has concerning the number of homeless people in the city of Coventry for each half year since 1979.

Sir George Young

[pursuant to his answer, 10 July 1986]: The number of households in Coventry accepted as homeless for each half year since the beginning of 1979 is as follows. (Because of changes in recording practice, figures for the second half of 1982 are not strictly comparable with those for earlier periods.)

Number
1979
1st Half 76
2nd Half 75
1980
1st Half 100
2nd Half 75
1981
1st Half 93
2nd Half 120
1982
1st Half 113
2nd Half 190
1983
1st Half 193
2nd Half 165
1984
1st Half 150
2nd Half 155
1985
1st Half 206
2nd Half 178