§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many households have been accepted as homeless by local authorities in rural areas in England in each year since 1979; [18694]
(2) how many households have been accepted as homeless by local authorities in England in each year since 1979. [18695]
§ Mr. ClappisonThe data collected from local authorities on households accepted as homeless under the homelessness legislation does not differentiate between households from rural and non-rural areas. Summary prints showing the reported acceptances in each local authority area in England, and the total for England as a whole, for the years 1979 to 1995 are in the Library. The figures for the years 1979 to 1982 are not strictly comparable with those for the later years because of changes to reporting arrangement made in 1980, for non-metropolitan districts, and 1982, for London boroughs and metropolitan districts.
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