§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what proportion of lettings were made available to homeless households in priority need by local authorities; what proportion of lettings were made available to homeless households in priority need by housing associations; and how many homeless households were in temporary accommodation by region at the end of each year from 1991–92 to 2000–01. [18301]
§ Ms KeebleThe available information is as follows: 1157W
Proportion of local authority and registered social landlord lettings made available to new tenants who were homeless households in priority need; and number of homeless households in temporary accommodation arranged by the local authority at 31 March: by region 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 East of England LA lettings (percentage) 40 40 34 34 30 28 17 23 21 RSL lettings (percentage) n/a n/a n/a n/a 30 25 16 19 19 Numbers accommodated1 4,300 3,900 3,200 3,100 2,800 2,600 3,280 3,600 4,500 London LA lettings (percentage) 64 65 56 52 51 49 43 49 57 RSL lettings (percentage) n/a n/a n/a n/a 53 51 41 41 44 Numbers accommodated1 39,500 38,000 30,100 25,800 24,600 24,000 25,600 30,500 37,700 South East LA lettings (percentage) 41 41 39 39 38 34 23 26 32 RSL lettings (percentage) n/a n/a n/a n/a 39 36 25 26 25 Numbers accommodated1 8,300 8,100 7,300 7,300 6,700 6,400 7,700 8,800 9,700 South West LA lettings (percentage) 40 42 39 37 35 32 18 24 27 RSL lettings (percentage) n/a n/a n/a n/a 32 31 22 26 31 Numbers accommodated1 2,900 2,800 2,700 2,800 2,600 2,200 3,300 4,700 4,800 England LA lettings (percentage) 38 39 35 31 28 25 20 22 22 RSL lettings (percentage) n/a n/a n/a n/a 30 26 18 18 18 Numbers accommodated1 64,300 62,000 51,500 46,300 43,500 41,600 46,400 56,200 64,800 1 Homeless households in temporary accommodation arranged by local authorities Note:
Homeless households are households in priority need for whom a statutory duty has been accepted by a local authority under homelessness provisions of Housing Acts. Lettings to these households have been expressed as a percentage of all secure LA lettings and all RSL lettings to new tenants, ie excluding transfers and exchanges between existing tenants of social landlords
Sources:
DTLR Housing Investment Programme returns (annual):
Housing Corporation "CORE" returns
§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list(a) by region and (b) by size of property in terms of number of bedrooms the proportion of (i) secure lettings made available by local authorities to homeless households and (ii) lettings made available to homeless households by housing associations in 2000–01. [18299]
§ Ms KeebleInformation for 2000–01 is not yet available. Information on 1999–2000 lettings reported by local authorities on their 2000 Housing Investment Programme (HIP) returns, and corresponding data in respect of registered social landlord lettings collected through the CORE data systems are given in the tables:
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Table 1: Lettings to homeless households in 1999–2000 as a proportion of all LA new secure lettings and RSL lettings to new tenants by region Percentage LA lettings RSL letting North East 11 5 North West 10 6 Yorkshire and the Humber 13 8 East Midlands 16 10 West Midlands 22 14 East of England 21 19 London 57 44 South East 32 25 South West 27 31 England 22 18
Table 2: Lettings to homeless households in 1999–2000 as a proportion of all LA new secure lettings and RSL lettings to new tenants by size of property in terms of number of bedrooms Percentage LA lettings RSL lettings One bedroom properties 15 10 Two bedroom properties 128 23 Three or more bedroom properties 29 Total all properties 22 18 1 Data only available for two or more bedrooms Note:
Homeless households are households in priority need for whom a statutory duty has been accepted by a local authority under homelessness provisions of Housing Acts. Lettings to these households have been expressed as a percentage of lettings to new tenants ie excluding transfers and exchanges between existing tenants of social landlords.
Sources:
DTLR Housing Investment Programme (HIP) returns (annual):
Housing Corporation "CORE" returns.
§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many homeless people there are in the Buckingham constituency. [20132]
§ Ms KeebleThe information is as follows:
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Homeless households (and homeless at home) in accommodation at 31 March 2001 in Aylesbury Vale Number Total 195 of which: With dependant children or a pregnant woman 159 In bed and breakfast accommodation 5 Rough sleeping 10–10 1 Local authority estimate of the typical number of people currently sleeping rough in the area on any single night
Note:
There are a high number of people in temporary accommodation at 125 in Aylesbury Vale, but the proportion in bed and breakfast accommodation is relatively low at 2 per cent.
Source:
Housing Investment Programme 2001 Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix
§ Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many(a) permanent and (b) temporary homeless people there were in rural areas broken down by local authority in (i) 1996, (ii) 1997, (iii) 1998, (iv) 1999, (v) 2000 and (vi) 2001. [19647]