§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many families with children aged 18 years or under were accepted as homeless in (i) York, (ii) North Yorkshire, (iii) Yorkshire and Humberside and (iv) England in each year since 1979. [31581]
§ Mr. ClappisonThe available data relate to homeless households with dependent children in priority need for which local authorities accept responsibility to secure permanent accommodation under the homelessness provisions of the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 and the Housing Act 1985. The table sets out the reported data for York: 1979 and 1980 data are not available. The table also gives the data readily available for North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and Humberside and England: returns are not submitted by all authorities and it would involve disproportionate cost to provide figures, including estimates for missing data, other than for the years shown.
York North Yorks Yorkshire and Humberside England 1981 310 — — — 1882 178 — — — 1983 128 — — — 1984 100 — — — 1985 138 — — — 1986 180 — — — 1987 1104 — — — 1988 132 — — — 1989 132 — — — 1990 211 — — 84,120 1991 2103 1583 15,220 88,950 1992 112 720 8,900 85,300 1993 80 580 8,150 76,390 1994 53 570 6,680 69,300 1 April to December only. 2 January to June and October to December only.
§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people aged under 18 years were homeless(a) in 1988 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available. [32831]
§ Mr. ClappisonData on the numbers of young people for which local authorities in England accept responsibility to secure permanent accommodation under the homelessness provisions of the 1985 Housing Act have been collected since the second quarter of 1991. The numbers accepted in the 12-month periods ending March 1992 and March 1995 were as follows:
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Homeless households in priority need with a vulnerable young person Young single people not in priority need 1991–92 3.460 2,360 1994–95 3,600 2.060