§ Mr. McAvoyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what proportion of applications for secure accommodation by homeless households were rejected for each of the last five years for which information is available. [29817]
§ Mr. ClappisonThe information requested is not available. Data are collected from English local authorities on applications/inquiries made but they reflect differing local administrative practices, and because they158W are not reported on a common basis they cannot be used to produce national or regional estimates of applications, nor of the proportion rejected.