§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many(a) households, (b) pensioners and (c) families with children (i) presented and (ii) were accepted as homeless in (1) Doncaster, (2) Mexborough and (3) South Yorkshire in each year since 1979. [40963]
§ 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. The figures for acceptances of households with children or a vulnerable household member could be provided only at disproportionate cost for South Yorkshire for the years before 1991, other than those given for Doncaster. Separate figures for Mexborough are not available.
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Households accepted for re-housing Doncaster Of which households with: Year Applications/ enquiries1 Total vulnerable member due to old age Children 1979 n/a 366 n/a n/a 1980 n/a 294 n/a n/a 1981 n/a 326 n/a n/a 1982 2747 438 219 204 1983 1,008 321 28 202 1984 1,245 312 22 169 1985 1,023 320 24 183 1986 939 295 21 163 1987 711 285 15 133 1988 1,472 368 46 155 1989 1,581 554 32 369 1990 2,012 1,386 58 676 1991 2,111 425 24 219 1992 1,707 534 211 2164 1993 2,142 692 28 489 1994 1,743 449 35 235 1995 1,803 336 21 159 1 The data collected from authorities has, since April 1991, included a request for the number of applications or enquiries First recorded during the quarter. The data provided is not reported on a consistent basis across authorities as it reflects differing local administrative practices and cannot, therefore, be used to produce national or regional totals of applications/enquiries. 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 enquiries carried out by the authority were completed during the year. 2 Data for 2 quarters only. 1075W
Households accepted for re-housing South Yorkshire1 Of which households with: Year Total vulnerable member due to old age Children 1979 810 — — 1980 840 — — 1981 940 — — 1982 1,720 — — 1983 1,130 — — 1984 830 — — 1985 n/a — — 1986 n/a — — 1987 n/a — — 1988 2,800 — — 1989 3,400 — — 1990 4,010 — — 1991 3,040 80 1,720 1992 2,900 70 1,660 1993 3,090 8O 2,040 1994 2,340 70 1,460 1995 2,070 60 1,270 1 The data collected from authorities has, since April 1991, included a request for the number of applications or enquiries first recorded during the quarter. The data provided is not reported on a consistent basis across authorities as it reflects differing local administrative practices and cannot, therefore, be used to produce national or regional totals of applications/enquiries. 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 enquiries carried out by the authority were completed during the year. 2 Data for 2 quarters only.