§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the cost of providing accommodation for the homeless in Kirklees in(a) bed and breakfast hotels and (b) hostels in each of the last five years. [29092]
§ Mr. Robert B. JonesThe net costs of housing homeless households in bed-and-breakfast accommodation, as reported by Kirklees on its revenue outturn returns, for the years 1990–91—the first year in which this information was collected on the revenue outturn return—to 1993–94 were as follows:
£000s 1990–91 464 1991–92 248 1992–93 177 1993–94 126 Data on local authorities' expenditure on bed and breakfast and on hostel 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