HC Deb 23 May 1990 vol 173 c255W
99. Mr. Meale

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the current number of homeless people accepted by local authorities; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Michael Spicer

Latest estimates of households accepted as homeless appear in table 1(a) of "Local authorities' action under the homeless provisions of the 1985 Housing Act: England. Results for the fourth quarter 1989. Supplementary Tables", which is in the Library.

108. Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many agencies committed to helping the homeless have been denied financial help by the Government in the current financial year; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Michael Spicer

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Hammersmith on 11 May,Official Report, column 245.