§ Mr. Chris Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the estimated net revenue expenditure on bed and breakfast accommodation for homeless households recorded by local authorities on his Department's RO4 forms for the financial years (a) 1982–83, (b) 1983–84, (c) 1984–85 and (d) 1985–86; and if he will give this information for England as a whole and for each local authority area.
§ Sir George YoungI will place the information available, shortly, in the House of Commons Library.
§ Mr. Chris Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish any estimates prepared by
8WOther second homes and holiday accommodation were counted among those household spaces occupied on census night by people who were not usual residents.
§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many residential units have been bought from the private sector to enable them to be let to council tenants by each district council in Cornwall for each year since 1980.
§ Sir George YoungThe district councils in Cornwall have reported acquiring the following numbers of dwellings in the financial years from 1980–81:
his Department of the potential effect on the number of homeless households currently placed by local authorities in bed and breakfast accommodation of a relaxation in his Department's controls on local authority acquisition of empty private sector properties.
§ Sir George YoungNo such estimates have been prepared.
We look to local authorities to make the best possible use of their existing stock.