Lone Parents (Accommodation)

HC Deb 21 June 2004 vol 422 c1234W

Mr. Willetts

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many new places in semi-independent housing have been provided for lone parents under the age of 18 years in each year since May 1997. [177543]

Yvette Cooper

Set out as follows is the number of Housing Corporation sponsored completions for supported housing for lone teenage parents in each year since 1997:

	Number
1997–98	113
1998–99	136
1999–2000	81
2000–01	53
2001–02	132
2002–03	321
2003–04	355

A further 309 have already been approved under the Approved Development Programme.