§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the night shelters or hostels within the Greater London area that are specifically allocated for use by homeless elderly people within the Greater London area.
§ Mr. BaldryThis information is not held centrally, although the Department part-funds resource information services to publish an annual London hostels directory, which lists hostel accommodation in London. The entry for each hostel shows, inter alia, any age restrictions on residents. I am placing copies of the directory in the Library.
§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what survey has been undertaken by his Department on the welfare of elderly homeless people sleeping rough in London during the first three months of 1993; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BaldryThe Department has not undertaken such a survey. The age breakdown of people sleeping rough in central London is given in the report of independent research into the effectiveness of the rough sleepers initiative, commissioned by the Department from Geoffrey Randall and Susan Brown, entitled "The Rough Sleepers Initiative: an Evaluation", published in January 1993. Copies of this report are in the Library.