Homelessness (Hansard, 17 July 2002)

§ Mr. McNulty

Summary information on activity under statutory homelessness provisions is reported to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister by local authorities in England. This includes the number of households accepted under the homelessness provisions of the 1985

	Households accepted as unintentionally homeless and in priority need during year	Homeless households in bed and breakfast accommodation as at end March
	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Bath and North East Somerset	405	299	294	269	364	10	3	5	4	27	24
Blackburn with Darwen	444	187	198	182	232	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Blackpool	89	98	96	118	132	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Bournemouth	257	281	393	496	512	16	14	¹—	76	102	96
Bracknell Forest	62	55	73	65	59	2	6	4	8	15	3
Brighton and Hove	914	631	868	925	1,112	135	142	171	248	282	291
Bristol	1,621	1,408	974	1,153	1,444	44	49	86	65	96	149
Darlington	87	51	72	211	197	¹—	8	2	6	1	1
Derby	1,114	1,245	1,258	1,065	1,085	¹—	1	¹—	3	1	1
East Riding of Yorkshire	244	281	307	305	289	4	1	¹—	¹—	2	1
Halton	308	163	147	126	216	3	²—	²—	¹—	5	²—
Hartlepool	209	161	131	223	240	1	¹—	3	¹—	¹—	¹—
Herefordshire	324	187	254	304	278	1	8	11	7	7	11
Isle of Wight	283	322	270	296	297	27	56	71	54	68	72
Kingston upon Hull	273	114	153	230	270	¹—	¹—	¹—	²—	¹—	¹—
Leicester	1,021	282	747	692	774	1	²—	²—	¹—	¹—	²—
Luton	260	195	209	229	261	10	5	4	5	33	25
Medway	262	238	113	170	355	¹—	1	3	16	58	52
Middlesbrough	472	484	406	408	414	7	6	7	2	2	12
Milton Keynes	559	578	537	613	1,035	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	2	2
North East Lincolnshire	234	163	131	87	95	¹—	2	2	¹—	¹—	¹—
North Lincolnshire	166	230	260	249	259	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	1
North Somerset	215	214	362	318	343	7	14	1	5	23	27
Nottingham City	1,074	908	943	881	880	7	2	²—	²—	6	²—
Peterborough	169	125	95	127	170	5	¹—	3	8	16	3
Plymouth	791	940	911	1,019	1,112	17	24	36	70	55	94
Poole	135	153	134	125	170	¹—	40	48	43	60	42
Portsmouth	559	413	670	547	529	18	19	14	20	18	21
Reading	590	583	464	433	468	3	3	2	7	31	36
Redcar and Cleveland	657	479	505	419	439	54	45	32	21	30	²—
Rutland	24	16	10	6	10	1	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Slough	142	148	213	249	291	¹—	1	8	14	16	22
South Gloucestershire	401	403	392	403	570	31	47	47	74	128	142
Southampton	537	584	663	758	686	3	1	¹—	¹—	1	7
Southend-on-Sea	71	77	83	91	121	¹—	3	3	21	50	24
Stockton-on-Tees	390	158	199	242	287	3	¹—	7	2	1	9
Stoke-on-Trent	232	171	163	193	233	¹—	1	¹—	1	¹—	¹—
Swindon	432	408	377	255	277	²—	²—	10	9	14	7
Telford and Wrekin	374	341	341	316	352	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Thurrock	88	174	163	130	186	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	5	²—
Torbay	184	253	226	185	139	5	6	11	4	13	²—
Warrington	371	295	215	273	335	¹—	¹—	3	¹—	¹—	²—
West Berkshire	237	225	209	204	169	¹—	1	1	6	11	¹—
Windsor and Maidenhead	250	105	42	77	49	6	12	20	26	8	5
Wokingham	136	112	122	143	94	1	¹—	2	1	16	²—
York	196	280	393	282	495	13	18	26	24	68	41

¹ Denotes nil (0)

² Denotes data not reported

Sources:

Acceptances: ODPM annual Housing Investment Programme (HIP) returns

Bed and breakfast: ODPM quarterly PIE housing activity and HIP returns