§ Mr. DoranTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the number of homeless persons in each year between 1976 and 1987 in each of the constituencies of Hendon, South, Mid-Worcestershire, Lancashire, West, Fylde, Staffordshire, Moorlands and Amber Valley.
§ Mrs. RoeAggregate figures of homeless household accepted under the Housing Acts are reported by each local authority. Therefore, figures are available for Staffordshire, Moorlands, but not for the other five constituencies.
The figures reported for 1981 to 1986 by local authorities appear in a table placed in the Library in May 1987. Corresponding earlier figures are in the following issues of "Local Housing Statistics" which are also available in the Library.
Period Issue Number Table Number 1976 1st half 42 11 2nd half 43 12 7977 1st half 46 11 2nd half 48 12 1978 1st and 2nd halves 52 12 1979 1st and 2nd halves 54 14 1980 1st half 59 9 2nd half 62 13 Staffordshire Moorlands district council reported 29 acceptances during the first half of 1987, but has not yet provided returns for the second half.
Figures are not strictly comparable over the whole period, because of changes in the reporting system in December 1977 and, in non-metropolitan districts, from the fourth quarter of 1980.