48. Mr. HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how may people were in bed-and-breakfast accommodation at the latest available date; and what was the equivalent figure five years previously.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThe latest available information is that there were 88,500 income support beneficiaries living in board and lodging accommodation in February 1989.
344WNo figures are available for February 1984 but there were 106,000 supplementary benefit recipients living in board and lodging accommodation in December 1984.