§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimate he has made of(a) the current number of people in emergency night shelters in London, (b) the impact on that number of the implementation of the Social Security (Persons from Abroad) Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations and (c) the current number of unoccupied places in the shelters. [19114]
§ Mr. Clappison[holding answer 5 March 1996]: Information is not held centrally about the numbers of people and of unoccupied places in emergency night 220W shelters in London. The impact on the number of people using night shelters of the Social Security (Persons from Abroad) Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 1996 will depend on future inflows of people from abroad, the number of those people who choose to seek asylum, when they choose to do so, the lengths of time they choose to stay in this country, and the accommodation options open to them.