§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the total numbers of homeless individuals in(a) England, (b) Greater London, (c) outer London and (d) inner London in each year from 1980–81 to 1991–92.
§ Mr. YeoThe available information is on the numbers of households for whom local authorities accepted responsibility for securing permanent accommodation under the homelessness provisions of the Housing640W (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 and the Housing Act 1985. Estimates of the total number of persons in these households are not available centrally.
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Year England Greater London Inner London1 Outer London 1980 60,400 17,100 9,820 7,280 1981 66,990 18,010 10,080 7,930 1982 71,620 20,630 11,880 8,750 1983 75,470 23,620 12,590 11,030 1984 80,500 24,740 15,330 9,410 1985 91,010 27,070 16,600 10,470 1986 100,490 29,380 18,160 11,220 1987 109,170 29,220 18,390 10,380 1988 113,770 28,880 16,680 12,200 1989 122,180 33,020 20,290 12,730 1990 140,350 36,480 21,890 14,590 21991 110,740 29,310 17,920 11,390
1 Inner London comprises City of London, Camden, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Newham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth and Westminster. 2 First 3 quarters only A new reporting system was introduced for the non-metropolitan districts from the fourth quarter 1980 and for London and other metropolitan authorities from the third quarter 1982 and figures for 1980 to 1982 are not strictly comparable with those for later periods. From the second quarter 1991 the definition of acceptance was altered to exclude intentionally homeless and all earlier figures have been adjusted to the new basis.