§ Mr. GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the number of homeless families in(a) Vale Royal and (b) Chester; and what has been the figure in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe number of households for whom the authorities reported accepting responsibility to secure accommodation under the homelessness provisions of Housing Acts, in each year from 1981 to 1986, appear in a table which is available in the Library.
Vale Royal reported 152 acceptances in January to September 1987 and Chester reported 110 acceptances in the first half of the year.