asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many units of accommodation the Warrington District Council had for the use of homeless people within its district in each of the following categories (i) emergency, (ii) short life, and (iii) temporary, at the latest convenient date.

The number of units of accommodation used temporarily by district councils varies according to circumstances and need and on the availability of permanent housing. Accommodation provided temporarily is by no means the sole measure of the overall help that district councils give to homeless people, and distinctions between categories of such accommodation are seldom meaningful. However, I understand that on Tuesday 17th February 1976, Warrington District Council regarded 49 units of accommodation as available for use temporarily by homeless people.