HC Deb 16 February 1989 vol 147 c375W
Mr. McCartney

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the latest figures for families in bed-and-breakfast accommodation in England and Wales.

Mr. Trippier

Latest estimates of households temporarily placed in bed-and-breakfast accommodation by English local authorities appear in table 4(a) of "Local authorities' action under the homelessness provisions of the 1985 Housing Act: England. Results for the third quarter of 1988. Supplementary Tables", which is available in the Library.

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