HC Deb 05 July 2001 vol 371 cc230-1W
Jeremy Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many(a) families and (b) individuals in bed and breakfast accommodation were placed there by local housing authorities; how many (i) families and (ii) individuals are regarded as homeless; how many (1) families and (2) individuals are on housing waiting lists; and how many (x) families and (y) individuals are on transfer lists, in each London borough. [1049]

Ms Keeble

[holding answer 28 June 2001]: The latest available information as reported by London boroughs is presented in the table. This represents households without distinguishing between family groups and individuals. Information on local authorities' transfer lists is not collected centrally.

London boroughs' reported action under the homelessness provisions of Housing Acts
Decisions made during the period1 January—March 2001
Accepted as being homeless and in priority need Eligible, homeless and in priority need, but intentionally so Eligible, homeless but not in priority need Households accommodated by the authority on 31 March 2001 in bed and breakfast Number of households on the Housing Register2 as at 1 April 2000
Waltham Forest 250 46 69 135 7,476
Wandsworth 258 9 145 259 2,441
Westminster 304 21 178 923 8,099
1 Decisions during the quarter are those where applicant households were found to be home less and eligible for assistance under the homelessness provisions of the Housing Act 1996 and associated legislation.
2 Local authorities have different practices for compiling and managing housing register/waiting lists which mean that simple comparisons between authorities can be misleading.
3 Information not reported

Source:

DTLR quarterly P1E housing activity and annual Housing Investment Programme returns

National and regional information on local authorities' activity under statutory homelessness provisions is published in a quarterly Statistical Release published by the Department. A separate Supplementary Table provides summary data for individual authorities.

Copies of the Release and Supplementary Tables are held in the Library, and the latest edition, published on 15 June, presents statistics up to the end of March 2001.