§ Ms. Harmanasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report figures for the numbers of households accepted as homeless in the London borough of Southwark for each year since such figures were first compiled.
§ Mr. TraceyThe numbers of households accepted as homeless are as follows:
Year Number 1978 558 1979 651 1980 680 1981 1700 1982 808 1983 1,337 1984 1,527 1985 1,443 21986 1,170 1 Estimated. 2 Nine months. The current legislation on homelessness came into operation in December 1977, and now forms part of the 1985 Housing Act.