§ Mr. CallaghanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many households were accepted as homeless and in priority need in the Greater Manchester area in each year since 1987.
§ Sir George YoungInformation on households accepted by local authorities in the Greater Manchester area as homeless and in priority need, and covering the whole of the period, is readily available only for financial years. The information is as follows:
Number 1987–88 8,960 1988–89 11,030 1989–90 10,630 1990–91 13,030 1991–92 13,280 1992–93 11,840 Source: Housing Investment Programme (HIP1) returns.
§ Mr. BoyesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people are homeless in the parliamentary constituencies of Sunderland, North, Sunderland, South and Washington and Houghton.
§ Sir George YoungThe available data relate to local authority areas. The numbers of households accepted as homeless by Sunderland metropolitan district council are given in the supplementary table to the quarterly information bulletin "Households found accommodation under the homelessness provisions of the Housing Act 1985: England"; copies of both are in the Library. The latest available statistics are for the third quarter of 1993.