§ Mr. Brian David JenkinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people are currently registered as homeless with local housing authorities. [38476]
§ Mr. ClappisonSummary information on households for which local authorities in England accept responsibility to secure accommodation under the homelessness provisions of the Housing Act 1985 is published in a quarterly information bulletin—"Households found accommodation under the homelessness provisions of the 1985 Housing Act 1985: England". Copies of the bulletin, the latest of which provides statistics for the first quarter of 1996, are in the Library.
§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many(a) households, (b) pensioners and (c) families with children (i) were presented and (ii) were accepted as homeless in (1) York, (2) North Yorkshire, (3) Yorkshire and Humberside and (4) England in each year since 1979. [38998]
§ Mr. ClappisonThe available data on households dealt with under the homelessness provisions of the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 and the Housing Act 1985 are set out in the tables. Other than those given for York, the figures for acceptances of households with children or a vulnerable household member could be provided only at disproportionate cost for years before 1991.
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York Applications/ Households accepted for re-housing enquiries1 Total Of which households with: Vulnerable member due to old age Children 1979 n/a 125 n/a n/a 1980 n/a 352 n/a n/a 1981 632 503 4 310 1982 464 320 6 178 1983 355 212 5 128 1984 357 204 4 100 1985 479 264 5 138 1986 597 313 3 180 1987 2330 2159 22 2104 1988 414 227 3 132 1989 457 242 8 132 1990 623 349 4 211 1991 2750 230 22 3103 1992 1,824 168 10 112 1993 1,234 137 6 80 1994 1,264 103 2 53 1995 1,173 120 2 64 n/a = not available.
North Yorkshire1 Households accepted for re-housing Total Of which households with: Vulnerable member due to old age Children 1979 640 — — 1980 850 — — 1981 1,020 — — 1982 810 — — 1983 740 — — 1984 740 — — 1985 730 — — 1986 870 — — 1987 760 — — 1988 870 — — 1989 1,180 — — 1990 1,350 — — 1991 1,180 470 4580 1992 990 70 720 1993 870 40 580 1994 870 30 570 1995 820 30 550 305W
Yorkshire and Humberside Households accepted for re-housing Total Of which households with: Vulnerable member due to old age Children 1979 4,590 — — 1980 5,360 — — 1981 5,740 — — 1982 5,930 — — 1983 5,740 — — 1984 5,820 — — 1985 7,650 — — 1986 8,590 — — 1987 8,920 — — 1988 9,920 — — 1989 11,520 — — 1990 13,800 — —
Yorkshire and Humberside Households accepted for re-housing Total Of which households with: Vulnerable member due to old age Children 1991 13,080 4340 45,220 1992 14,820 500 8,900 1993 13,650 480 8,150 1994 11,330 370 5,400 1995 10,210 370 5,400
England Households accepted for re-housing Total Of which households with: Vulnerable member due to old age Children2 1979 55,530 — — 1980 60,400 — — 1981 66,990 — — 1982 71,620 — — 1983 75,470 — — 1984 80,500 — — 1985 91,010 — — 1986 100,490 — — 1987 109,170 — — 1988 113,770 — — 1989 122,180 — — 1990 140,350 6,570 84,120 1991 144,780 5,860 88,950 1992 142,890 6,230 85,300 1993 132,380 5,920 76,390 1994 122,460 6,050 68,620 1995 120,810 5,950 67,100 1 The data colleced from authorities have, since April 1991, included a request for the number of applications or enquiries first recorded during the quarter. The data provided are not reported on a consistent basis across authorities as they reflect differing local administrative practices and cannot, therefore, be used to produce national or regional totals of applications/inquiries. The available figures prior to April 1991 are not comparable with later data as they have a narrower coverage—they cover only the number of cases in which inquiries carried out by the authority were completed during the year. 2 Data for 3 quarters only. 3 Data for 2 quarters only. 4 April to December only.