§ Mr. FrenchTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will give in tabular form(a) 731W Carrick, (b) Adur, (c) Alnwick, (d) Berwick-upon-Tweed and (e) Cheltenham district councils (i) which councils have declared themselves nuclear-free zones (ii) what is the estimated number of homeless people in the district for the most recent month for which figures are available, (iii) what is the number of empty council homes at the end of the most recent month for which figures are available and (iv) whether they have a declared policy of providing the funding for law centres;
(2) if he will give in tabular form for (a) Southend-on-Sea, (b) Three Rivers, (c) West Lindsey, (d) Wyre Forest, (e) South Somerset and (f) Chelmsford district councils (i) which councils have declared themselves nuclear-free zones, (ii) what is the estimated number of homeless people in the district for the most recent month for which figures are available, (iii) what is the number of empty council homes at the end of the most recent month for which figures are available and (iv) whether they have a declared policy of providing the funding for law centres;
(3) if he will give in tabular form for (a) Eastleigh, (b) Hastings, (c) Hereford, (d) Kerrier, (e) Maidstone, (f) Mendip, (g) Milton Keynes, (h) Pendle, and (i) Peterborough district councils (i) which councils have declared themselves nuclear-free zones, (ii) what is the estimated number of homeless people in the district for the most recent month for which figures are available, (iii) what is the number of empty council homes at the end of the most recent month for which figures are available and (iv) whether they have a declared policy of providing the funding for law centres.
§ Mr. Trippier[holding answer 22 February 1989]The information is as follows:
The information available on homelessness relates to the number of households for which authorities have accepted responsibility to secure accommodation under the homelessness provision of the 1985 Housing Act. This information is as follows:
Number of households accepted In quarter ending Carrick 21 September 1988 Adur 52 March 1988 Alnwick 3 June 1988 Berwick-upon-Tweed 3 September 1988 Cheltenham 18 September 1988 Southend-on-Sea 65 September 1988 Three Rivers 34 June 1988 West Lindsey 40 September 1988 Wyre Forest 92 September 1988 South Somerset 31 September 1988 Chelmsford 63 September 1988 Eastleigh 35 September 1988 Hastings 60 September 1988 Hereford 32 September 1988 Kerrier 43 September 1988 Maidstone 63 September 1988 Mendip 37 September 1988 Milton Keynes 103 September 1988 Pendle 64 September 1988 Peterborough 110 September 1988 The numbers of empty council dwellings (wherever situated) at 1 April 1988 are as follows: 732W
Number of dwellings Carrick 19 Adur 44 Alnwick 2 Berwick-upon-Tweed 9 Cheltenham 98 Southend-on-Sea 153 Three Rivers 90 West Lindsey 49 Wyre Forest 151 South Somerset 64 Chelmsford 139 Eastleigh 99 Hastings 30 Hereford 71 Kerrier 35 Maidstone 84 Mendip 52 Milton Keynes 57 Pendle 83 Peterborough 159 Information is not held centrally on authorities which have declared themselves to be nuclear free zones or which have a declared policy of providing funding for law centres.