HC Deb 15 November 2000 vol 356 c655W
Mr. Waterson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what his latest estimate is of the number of(a) hostel places for rough sleepers available and (b) rough sleepers in (i) London, (ii) Liverpool, (iii) Leeds, (iv) Birmingham and (v) Manchester. [138001]

Ms Armstrong

Each of the cities mentioned has a large number of hostels providing a range of different types of accommodation. Information about the extent of emergency access provision that can be accessed by rough sleepers is collected locally and contained in the table. The table also contains the single night street count figures for each area as at June 2000.

Emergency access accommodation1 Number of rough sleepers
Greater London 2,574 546
Liverpool 42 19
Leeds 249 17
Birmingham 260 23
Manchester 66 23
1Number of beds