§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what are his Department's plans to monitor the impact of the Housing Act 1988, Part I, on(a) the number of homeless households accepted by local authorities in England and (b) the ability of local authorities in England to secure housing for homeless households.
Main housing subsidy (MHS) claimed and net rate fund contributions (RFCs) made (£0.0 million, 1987–88 prices) 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 Area MHS RFCs MHS RFCs MHS RFCs MHS RFCs MHS RFCs MHS RFCs MHS RFCs (a) Inner London boroughs and Corporation of London 466.0 287.0 367.6 252.7 321.0 283.7 318.2 217.0 359.8 211.8 328.8 234.2 287.1 227.4 (b) Outer London boroughs 226.2 89.1 122.4 68.2 84.4 67.6 81.8 40.1 93.3 21.7 80.8 22.9 66.0 11.1 (c) GLC/LRB 105.2 122.3 47.8 126.3 37.8 142.1 30.5 130.5 17.5 144.4 — — — — (d) South-East — outside London 127.6 -3.6 32.3 0.4 16.6 -2.2 16.3 -3.1 23-2 -7.9 18.0 -8.6 15.9 -15.3 (e) Metropolitan areas —outside London 327.9 195.6 68.6 167.5 19.7 154.9 25.0 103.6 34.5 65.1 35.1 45.2 30.2 65.4 (f) Non-Metropolitan areas —outside the South East 344.1 38.8 51.5 33.6 21.4 28.9 22.0 19.5 66.9 13.2 44.2 -0.9 37.4 -8.4 (g) All England 1,597.0 729.2 690.2 648.7 500.9 675.0 493.8 507.6 595.2 488.3 506.9 292.8 436.6 280.2 Notes:
1. The LRB ceased to operate a Housing Revenue Account after 1985–86.
2. The main housing subsidy figures are entitlements for each financial year and not payments made in that year.
3. The rate fund contributions may not be the final figure for each year but are based on information received by the Department in connection with housing subsidy claims.