§ Mr. CallaghanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the number of individuals registered as being homeless in(a) England, (b) each region and (c) each local authority in each year since 1979; and what was the percentage change on the previous year. [7000]
§ Mr. ClappisonI have today placed in the Library tables giving the figures for, and percentage changes in, the numbers of households for which each local authority in England reported it had accepted responsibility to secure accommodation, under the homelessness provisions of the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 and the Housing Act 1985 in the years 1979 to 1994.
The table also gives regional and England totals, which include estimates for missing data.
§ Mr. CallaghanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the cost of providing bed-and-breakfast accommodation for homeless persons for the last five years; and if he will provide a breakdown by(a) region and (b) local authority. [7001]
§ Mr. ClappisonThe net costs of housing homeless households in bed-and-breakfast accommodation are reported by local authorities in England on their revenue outturn returns.
I have today placed in the Library a table giving the reported information for the years 1990–91, the first year in which this information was collected on the revenue outturn return, to 1993–94.
1234WData on local authorities' expenditure on bed-and-breakfast accommodation are also published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy in its annual "Homelessness Statistics Actuals" publication. Copies of these publications, which are available for all years since 1989–90, are in the Library.