HC Deb 02 May 1989 vol 152 cc48-9W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has on the number of people Doncaster metropolitan borough council is providing with bed-and-breakfast accommodation; and what is the comparable figure five years and 10 years ago.

Mr. Trippier

The number of households temporarily resident in bed and breakfast accommodation as reported by each English local authority at the end of 1978, 1983 and 1988 can be found in the following publications, all of which are available in the LibraryHomeless households reported by local authorities in England; Statistics for 1978"; Homeless households reported by local authorities in England; Results for the second half of 1983; Supplementary Tables"; Local authorites' action under the homelessness provisions of the 1985 Housing Act: England. Results for the fourth quarter of 1988. Supplementary Tables".

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