§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the 22 hostels run by his Department via the Resettlement Agency for single homeless people and the projected date in the case of each hostel for its transfer to local authorities and voluntary bodies.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe Resettlement Agency is responsible for the following 22 resettlement units:266W
- Alvaston, Derby;
- Bishopbriggs, Glasgow;
- Bridgehouse, London;
- Brighton, East Sussex;
- Camden, London;
- Cedars Lodge, London;
- Fazakerley, Liverpool;
- Lancelot Andrews House, London;
- Leeds, West Yorkshire;
- Leicester, Leicestershire;
- Newbury, Berkshire;
- Plawsworth, Co. Durham;
- Pound Lodge, London;
- Sittingbourne, Kent;
- Southampton, Hampshire;
- Spur House, London;
- Stormy Down, Mid-Glamorgan;
- Walkden, Manchester;
- West End House, London;
- West Midlands, Worcester;
- Winterbourne, Bristol;
- Woodhouse, Sheffield.
The Resettlement Agency's main aim is to establish sufficient replacement provision in the local authority and voluntary sectors to enable its resettlement units to be closed.
The Brighton resettlement unit is to close by the end of March 1991 and the running of the Fazakerley unit will be transferred to Knowsley metropolitan borough council from April 1991.
The replacement of a further four of the agency's units is to be announced shortly, but no firm dates have yet been established for closure of the remaining units.