HC Deb 26 April 1989 vol 151 cc582-3W
48. Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the latest figures of households accepted as homeless by local authorities following mortgage repossession for England and Wales.

Mr. Trippier

In the quarter ending December 1988 local authorities accepted responsibility to secure accommodation for an estimated 1,800 households under the homelessness provisions of the 1985 Housing Act, where the immediate reason for homelessness was mortgage arrears.

For Welsh figures, I refer the hon. Member to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.