§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) what is the total number of registered homeless people in the Southampton City Council area; [27555]
(2) how many people have been accepted on to the homeless register of Southampton City Council in each of the last five years. [27554]
Year Homelessness acceptances 1992 474 1993 442 1994 579 1995 584 1996 538 19971 398 1 data for the first 3 quarters only. Under Part VI of the Housing Act 1996, authorities must establish and maintain a housing register for the purpose of allocating their housing accommodation but there is no statutory obligation for local housing authorities to hold a register of homeless applicants. Accommodation secured as a discharge of a homelessness duty need not be a tenancy allocated under part VI of the 1996 Act.