§ Mr. David AtkinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his Department's estimate of the number of young people who were homeless in 1995. [2038]
§ Mr. ClappisonLocal authorities in England accepted responsibility to secure accommodation for 3,620 homeless households in priority need with a vulnerable young person, and 1,700 young single people not in priority need, under the homelessness provisions of the 1985 Housing Act in 1995.