HL Deb 30 October 1997 vol 582 c265WA
Viscount Exmouth

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many asylum seekers from eastern Europe have been housed by Kent County Council.

Baroness Hayman

On 27 October, Kent County Council's social services department was accommodating approximately 215 asylum seekers from eastern Europe, of whom more than 100 were children. In addition, on the same date, Dover District Council was accommodating 44 asylum-seeking families from eastern Europe under the homelessness legislation.