HC Deb 14 November 1990 vol 180 cc165-6W
Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has on the number of people on the homelessness register in the London borough of Newham in each year since 1980.

Mr. Michael Spicer

[holding answer 13 November 1990]: Local authorities report the number of households accepted and found accommodation under the homelessness provisions of the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 and the Housing Act 1985.

Available figures from Newham's housing investment programme returns are:

Households
1980–81 n/a
1981–82 568
1982–83 720
1983–84 660

Households
1984–85 1,263
1985–86 898
1986–87 1,511
1987–88 1,566
1988–89 637
1989–90 1,039