§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many children formed part of families made homeless in Sefton in each year since 1996. [98600]
§ Mr. MullinData are reported to the Department each quarter by local authorities on their activity under the homelessness provisions of the 1985 and 1996 Housing Acts. Information is not collected on the numbers of children in homeless families. The following table provides for Sefton the available data on the numbers of households with dependent children accepted as homeless.
Households accepted by the authority as unintentionally homeless and in priority need 1996 1997 1998 Total 166 106 109 Number with dependent children 109 75 78 Of which: 1 child — 25 29 2 children — 27 28 3 children — 22 21