§ 54. Miss LestorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the number of homeless children in bed-and-breakfast accommodation.
§ Mr. WaldegraveAt 30 June 1987 there were 10,870 households temporarily placed in bed-and-breakfast accommodation by English local authorities under the homelessness provisions of the 1985 Housing Act. Information on the number of children in these households is not collected by the Department.