§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing (a) the number of homeless households accepted by local authorities in England whose homelessness resulted from mortgage arrears, and (b) the percentage of all homeless households which these represented, in each of the years from 1979 to 1987.
§ Mrs. RoeLatest estimates are as follows:
Households accepted by Local Authorities in England under Homelessness Provisions of Housing Acts: where homelessness was attributed principally to mortgage default or arrears Year Number Percentage of all acceptances 1979 2,000 4 1980 2,500 4 1981 3,600 5 1982 4,400 6 1983 4,800 6 1984 6,300 8 1985 8,600 9 1986 10,200 10 1987 10,500 9
§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the local authorities where more than 20, 50 and 100 homeless households, respectively, were living in bed and breakfast hotels in England, at the end of June 1979, December 1981, December 1983, December 1985 and at the latest date for which information is available.
§ Mrs. RoeThe information reported by local authorities is in the following table:
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Local authorities by number of homeless households in bed and breakfast accommodation Over 20, up to 50 households Over 50 up to 100 households Over 100 households (a) Al the end of June 1979 Manchester Camden Hammersmith and Fulham Doncaster Tower Hamlets Lambeth Brighton Wandsworth Hounslow Brent Liverpool Hackney Torbay Kensington and Chelsea Shepway1 Westminster (b) At the end of December 1981 Hove Hackney Brent Brighton Kensington and Chelsea Hammersmith York Tower Hamlets Westminster Eastbourne Camden Oxford Ealing Slough Hillingdon Blackpool Sutton Kingston upon Thames Wandsworth Haringey Hounslow (c) At the end of December 1983 Harrow Manchester Ealing Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Lambeth Bristol Hounslow Camden Reading Kingston upon Thames Tower Hamlets Rushmoor Oxford Hackney1 Sutton Westminster1 Havant Brent1 Wandsworth Crawley Brighton Slough1 (d) At the end of December 1985 Harrow Kingston upon Thames Brent Brighton Leicester Haringey Southend-on-sea Southwark Westminster Woodspring Rushmoor Lambeth Bexley Hounslow Wandsworth Islington Slough Hillingdon Enfield Ealing Hammersmith Lewisham Oxford Manchester1 Kensington and Chelsea Reading1 Camden1 Gloucester Hackney1 Rochester upon Medway Tower Hamlets1 Sutton Epsom and Ewell Havant Hove Bristol Nottingham (e) At the end of March 1988 Richmond upon Thames Harrow Ealing New Forest Bristol Manchester Southend-on-sea Slough Brent Colchester Rushmoor Haringey East Hampshire Oxford Hammersmith and Fulham Thurrock Hove Camden Test Valley Kensington and Chelsea Newham Rochester upon Medway Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Peterborough Ipswich Tower Hamlets Poole Reigate and Banstead Wandsworth Tunbridge Wells Westminster Adur Hackney Middlesbrough Shepway Hart Hillingdon St. Albans Reading Arun Hounslow Gravesham Brighton Havant Islington South Wight Enfield Cambridge Sutton Bexley Lewisham1 Kirklees Southwark1
Over 20, up to 50 households Over 50 up to 100 households Over 100 households Blackpool Runnymede Woodspring1 Gloucester1 1 Data not available so bed and breakfast figures at an earlier date have been used.