§ Ms MowlamTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is his estimate of the number of homeless people in Northern Ireland. [19871]
§ Mr. MossIt is not possible to estimate the number of people who are homeless in Northern Ireland. I am advised by the chief executive of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, however, that at 31 March 1995 the number of households living in temporary accommodation secured for them under the homeless provisions of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 was 1,747.