HC Deb 16 October 1996 vol 282 cc1073-5W
Mr. Redmond

To 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. Clappison

The 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.

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.

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.