29. Mr. Robert AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received concerning his proposals to alter the housing priority for homeless families. [10397]
§ Mr. ClappisonI refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Local Government, Housing and Urban Regeneration to the hon. Member for Greenwich (Mr. Raynsford) on 20 November 1995,Official Report, column 40.
§ Mr. GerrardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) when he will publish his Department's evaluation of the homelessness code of guidance commissioned from Birmingham university in 1993; [12144]
(2) what evaluation he has made of the homelessness code of practice commissioned from Birmingham university; and what account he took of the condition of the report in drawing up his proposed homelessness legislation. [12145]
§ Mr. ClappisonThe research, "Evaluation of the 1991 Homelessness Code of Guidance to Local Authorities", will he published shortly. Much of the research relates to matters which will not be affected by the reform of the homelessness legislation, but full account will be taken of the research in preparing a revised code of guidance.
§ Mr. GerrardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what assessment he has made of the impact of the provisions of the Housing Bill upon the numbers of homeless families accepted for temporary housing by local authorities. [12140]
§ Mr. ClappisonWe expect to see a decline in the number of households accepted as statutorily homeless, both because the legislation will not provide a fast track into a permanent social tenancy and as a result of some applicants finding suitable alternative accommodation.