§ 27. Mr. BurdenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the number of homeless families in the west midlands.
§ Sir George YoungIn the 12 months ending June 1993 the number of households for which local authorities in the west midlands accepted responsibility for securing permanent accommodation under the provisions of part III of the Housing Act 1985 was 17,570. This is some 300 (1.7 per cent.) less than the number accepted in the previous year ending June 1992.
§ Mr. RaynsfordTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing the total number of households(a) applying and (b) accepted by each of the London boroughs as homeless under the provisions of part III of the Housing Act 1985 in each year from 1979; and how many homeless households were accommodated in (i) bed and breakfast hotels and (ii) other temporary accommodation at the end of each of those years.
§ Sir George YoungI have today placed in the Library a table giving the numbers of households which each local authority in England reported as having accepted responsibility to secure permanent accommodation under the homelessness provisions of the Housing Act 1985 in the years 1979 to 1992.
Information on applications, for 1991 and 1992 only (this was not collected prior to 1991), and the numbers of households in the various types of temporary accommodation at the end of the year reported by London boroughs can be found in the following editions of "Local Housing Statistics: England and Wales".
Year Table number Edition number 1979 14 54 1980 13 62 1981 7 63 1982 9 66 1983 12 70 1984 12 74 1985 9(b) 78 1986 9(b) 82 1987 9(b) 86 1988 9(b) 90 1989 9(b) 94 1990 9(b) 98 1991 9(b) 102 1992 8(b) 106 Copies of all these publications are in the Library.