HC Deb 06 November 1989 vol 159 cc407-9W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what are(a) the most recent figures for homelessness by county and metropolitan district in England and (b). as a percentage of the population in county and metropolitan districts in England;

(2) what are the most recent figures for homelessness for England and by English regions as a percentage of the population;

(3) what are the most recent figures for homelessness for England, with regional breakdowns.

Mr. Chope

Figures for homelessness for non-metropolitan and metropolitan districts appear in table 7 of "Local authorities' action under the homelessness provisions of the 1985 Housing Act: England. Results for the second quarter 1989. Supplementary Tables". This table gives the numbers of homeless acceptances and acceptances per 1,000 households for those districts which reported.

The latest estimates of households accepted as homeless expressed as numbers and per 1,000 households for England and by regions appear respectively in tables 1(a) and 1(b) of the same publication. Tables 1(a) and 1(b) include estimates for non-responders.

A copy of the supplementary tables is available in the Library.

Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the number of young people under 18 years of age who are currently homeless; and how these estimates have changed over the last three years.

Mr. Chope

[holding answer 2 November 1989]: The numbers of young people among the households accepted as homeless are not reported by local authorities and my Department has no estimates.