§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will set out for the London borough of Tower Hamlets, Southwark and Newham, respectively, for each of the years 1981 to 1986 in terms of the number of person days and family days, the number of families placed in bed-and-breakfast accommodation for the homeless and numbers of applicants on the housing lists of each borough, respectively, together with respective totals for the three boroughs.
§ Mr. TraceyLocal authorities' reported figures of household days provided in bed and breakfast accommodation for those accepted as homeless, are included in the CIPFA publications "Homelessness Statistics" for each financial year. The issues from 1983–84 to 1985–86 also include figures of homeless households accommodated during each year allocated to the type of accommodation in which they spent most time. Copies of these publications are available in the Library The numbers of households on the housing lists at 1 April 1986 are contained in section B of the boroughs' housing investment programme returns, but were not collected in earlier years. Copies of the returns are also available in the Library.
The numbers of households on the housing lists at 1 April 1986 are contained in section B of the boroughs' housing investment programme returns, but were not collected in earlier years. Copies of the returns are also available in the Library.