§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside (Mr. Blunkett), of 8 December,Official Report, columns 249–50, whether homeless mentally ill people in London not moved into potentially permanent accommodation by community psychiatric teams are (a) sleeping rough or (b) what accommodation they are living in; and if she will specify the accommodation.
§ Mr. BowisThe table, based on active clients of the community psychiatric teams established under the homeless mentally ill initiative, indicates the proportion of that group who are sleeping rough and in a variety of types of temporary accommodation. It also specifies the types of accommodation.
Percentage of unresettled clients (sample = 369) Percentage (a) Sleeping rough 16 (b) Temporary accommodation 84 Total 100 Type of accommodation Direct access hostel 33 HMI specialist hostel 15 Other hostel—providing care 2 Other hostel—not providing care 9 Hospital 8 Staying with friends/family or Squatting 3 Adult fostering less than 1 Bed and breakfast 8 Prison 1 Not known 4 Total per cent. 84 Notes:
1. This information is based on data about active clients with whom the five community psychiatric teams set up under the homeless mentally ill initiative were working at a particular date.
2. The category "direct access hostel" includes the Department of the Environment's cold weather shelters.