§ Mr GallowayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will publish figures for the number of single homeless people for each year from 1979 to 1989;
(2) how many single homeless people he estimates there are under the age of 25 years currently in England;
(3) if he will publish the figures for the number of single homeless people in (a) Birmingham, (b) Cardiff, (c) Edinburgh, (d) Liverpool and (e) London during each year from 1979 to 1989.
§ Mr. Chope[holding answer 15 January 1990]: Local authorities report the number of households for whom 147W they accept responsibility to secure accommodation under the homelessness provisions of the Housing Acts; the single homeless are not separately identified and my Department has no estimates.
For information about Wales and Scotland I refer the hon. Member to my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales and Scotland.