§ Sandra GidleyTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many homeless people, broken down by local authority, have been placed in hotel annexes of self-contained accommodation where meals were not provided in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [89125]
§ Mrs. RocheInformation distinguishing the number of households accommodated in self-contained hotel annexes has only been collected since March 2002 (previously, local authorities recorded such accommodation either as bed and breakfast or as private sector accommodation). These annexes are not necessarily directly attached to a hotel, and meals may or may not be provided, but the household has exclusive use of all facilities.
Information on households in such accommodation confirmed, or not reported, by local authorities in England at the end of each quarter since March 2002 is presented in the table; authorities not listed reported nil returns.
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Homeless households accommodated by local authorities in self-contained hotel annexes during 2002, as at 30 March 30 June 30 September Adur 2 1— 1— Arun 0 1— 0 Babergh 1— 1— 0 Barking and Dagenham 1 0 0 Barnet 482 1— 682 Basildon 1— 0 1— Bexley 40 34 34 Boston 0 1— 0 Bradford 0 0 5 Brent 16 11 4 Bromley 36 37 30 Broxbourne 17 9 22 Calderdale 2 0 0 Camden 310 305 376 Carrick 0 0 1— 348W
Homeless households accommodated by local authorities in self-contained hotel annexes during 2002, as at 30 March 30 June 30 September Chelmsford 1— 0 0 Chesterfield 1— 1— 0 Christchurch 3 0 8 City of London 13 12 12 Colchester 0 0 1— Craven 0 0 1— Crawley 0 1— 1— Dartford 1 1— 1 Doncaster 2 2 0 Dudley 0 0 1— Ealing 9 19 68 Easington 0 0 1 East Cambridgeshire 0 18 0 East Riding of Yorkshire 0 1— 0 East Staffordshire 1 0 0 Eastbourne 22 0 0 Elmbridge 0 0 1— Enfield 820 833 827 Epsom and Ewell 0 0 1 Erewash 1— 1— 0 Fylde 1— 0 0 Greenwich 3 29 2 Guildford 0 0 1 Hackney 1— 1— 92 Halton 1— 0 1— Hammersmith and Fulham 1— 0 0 Harborough 1— 0 0 Haringey 1— 1— 1— Harrow 4 10 8 Havering 1— 0 0 Hertsmere 0 6 7 Hillingdon 120 119 88 Hounslow 0 0 45 Ipswich 0 0 1 Islington 1— 1— 297 Kensington and Chelsea 0 294 349 Kirklees 0 0 1— Knowsley 2 1— 0 Lambeth 1— 130 183 Leicester 1— 1— 0 Lewes 1 0 0 Lewisham 1— 0 0 Luton 66 37 69 Macclesfield 1— 1— 1— Medway 7 1— 1— Merton 0 6 2 Mid Sussex 1 0 0 Newcastle upon Tyne 0 1— 1— Newham 1— 184 198 Northampton 0 0 1 Nottingham City 1— 1— 1— Oxford 1— 1— 0 Pen with 0 1— 0 Portsmouth 9 13 14 Preston 0 1— 1— Purbeck 0 1 8 Redbridge 91 122 91 Richmond upon Thames 1 21 18 Richmondshire 1 0 0 Rotherham 0 2 0 Solihull 0 0 1— South Bedfordshire 0 0 1— South Gloucestershire 0 0 7 South Somerset 1— 0 0 Southwark 1— 7 20 Spelthorne 0 1— 1— Stockport 0 11 17 Sunderland 0 0 1— Surrey Heath 3 4 3 Sutton 5 6 3 Tameside 1 5 6 Tamworth 0 1— 0 Three Rivers 0 1 0 Torbay 16 16 0 Torridge 0 0 2 Tower Hamlets 177 149 99 Tunbridge Wells 6 9 6 Walsall 0 0 1— Waltham Forest 193 225 249 Warrington 1— 1— 1— West Berkshire 0 1— 0 West Lindsey 1— 0 0
Homeless households accommodated by local authorities in self-contained hotel annexes during 2002, as at 30 March 30 June 30 September West Oxfordshire 1 0 1 West Somerset 0 1 0 West Wiltshire 0 0 4 Westminster 107 90 134 Winchester 0 1— 1— Windsor and Maidenhead 1 0 0 Woking 1— 0 0 Wokingham 0 2 20 Wolverhampton 0 0 1— 1 Not reported
§ Sandra GidleyTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister which of the top 44 authorities have indicated that they anticipate meeting the commitment that no homeless family with children will live in bed and breakfast accommodation by March 2003, as stated in Issue No 5 of the Bed and Breakfast Unit Newsletter. [89126]
§ Mrs. RocheThe Government have made a clear commitment that by March 2004 no local authority should place a homeless family with children in Bed and Breakfast accommodation other than in an emergency, and even then for no more than six weeks. In April 44 of the highest using B&B authorities were required to produce bed and breakfast action plans detailing how they would meet the commitment by March 2004. Some authorities set out ambitious plans to meet the commitment a year early in March 2003, 10 currently appear on target to do so
London borough of Camden, Brighton and Hove city council, London borough of Richmond upon Thames, Colchester borough council, London borough of Waltham Forest, Poole unitary council, City of York council, Royal borough of Kingston, Hastings borough council, London borough of Harrow.