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Miss Hornsby-Smith
asked the Minister of Health how many families are being accommodated by county and county borough authorities in emergency centres for the homeless.
Mr. Marquand
The number of persons resident on the night of 1st January, 1951, in temporary accommodation provided under Section 21 (1) (b) of the National Assistance Act was about 5,870.