§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information his Department has on the number of people in temporary bed-and-breakfast accommodation for each local authority area(a) in the last quarter of 1990 and (b) in January 1991.
§ Mr. YeoLocal authorities have a statutory duty to secure accommodation for households who have been found to be homeless, or threatened with homelessness, under part III of the Housing Act 1985. Information on households dealt with under these provisions is reported quarterly to the Department.
The latest available figures for the number of homeless households in bed-and-breakfast accommodation are for the end of September 1990. They appear in table 7 of "Households found accommodation under the homelessness provisions of the 1985 Housing Act: England. Results for the third quarter 1990. Supplementary Tables", a copy of which is in the Library.