§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people are currently registered homeless in(a) Warrington, (b) Macclesfield, (c) Congleton, (d) Crewe and Nantwich, (e) Vale Royal and (f) Staffordshire, Moorlands; and how many people were registered homeless in March 1979 in the same districts.
§ Mr. Trippier[holding answer 4 April 1989]: The numbers of households accepted as homeless by each English local authority under the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 in the first six months of 1979 appear in table A of "Homeless households reported by local authorities in England: Statistics for first half of 1979."
Latest estimates appear in table 7 of the regular quarterly publication "Local authorities' action under the 404W homelessness provisions of the 1985 Housing Act: England. Results for the fourth quarter of 1988. Supplementary Tables."
All these publications are available in the Library.
§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each year since its establishment the planned housing developments(a) the Wirral side and (b) the Liverpool side of the Merseyside development corporation area; and what progress has been made on the completion of these plans.
§ Mr. Trippier[holding answer 4 April 1989]: Since the MDC was established in 1981, the corporation has intended that land would be made available for housing in its designated area. No figures were put on the annual number of dwellings planned and the following information records those completed or under construction in the period up to 1988–89. From 1989 to 1994 land zoned for housing development will provide for approximately 1330 dwellings in the MDC area (1,237 in Liverpool and 97 in Wirral). These will be provided by the private sector and housing associations, mainly on land reclaimed and serviced by the MDC.
Dwellings Completed or Under Construction Liverpool Wirral 1981–84 8 Nil 1984–85 100 Nil 1985–86 19 Nil 1986–87 32 120 1987–88 11 Nil 1988–89 305 Nil 1 A 20-bed single persons hostel was opened in December 1986.