§ Mr. McAvoyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his current estimate of the total number of homeless people in England. [10754]
§ Mr. ClappisonLocal authorities in England provide data to my Department about their activities under the homelessness provisions of the Housing Act 1985 on the quarterly PI(E) return. Summary figures based on these returns are published in a quarterly information bulletin entitled "Households found accommodation under the homelessness provisions of the 1985 Housing Act: England". The latest bulletin was released on 11 December and gives figures up to the third quarter of 1995; a copy is in the Library.