§ Sandra GidleyTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many families, not including couples and single persons without children, were in bed-and-breakfast accommodation in each of the last three years for which figures are available. [76481]
§ Ms Barbara RocheInformation distinguishing the number of households with dependent children being accommodated in bed and breakfast has been collected this year for the first time. Based on responses from local authorities it is estimated that some 6,700 families were in such accommodation at the end of June 2002, unchanged from the corresponding March estimate. This was reported in the most recent quarterly Statistical Release on statutory homelessness, issued on 11 September.