§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many people have been accepted as homeless by each London borough council in 1978 and in each subsequent year;
(2) how many people accepted as homeless were housed in bed and breakfast, other temporary accommodation or in permanent accommodation, respectively, by each London borough council in 1978 and in each year since.
§ Mr. John Patten[pursuant to the reply, 12 January 1986, c. 39]: Information about homeless acceptances and use of different forms of accommodation is contained in the Department's published quarterly statistics on homelessness and in annual HIP returns from local authorities; copies of these documents are in the Library. Further information on placings into temporary accommodation is contained in the CIPFA publication "Homelessness Statistics", also available in the Library.