§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the number of homeless people who will be sleeping rough this Christmas.
§ Mr. Michael Spicer[holding answer 26 November 1990]: We do not make forecasts of the number of people who may be sleeping rough at any point in the future. We have recently announced an increase of £80 million in our package of measures to help such people.