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Reception And Resettlement Centres

Volume 972: debated on Monday 29 October 1979

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asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the name, location and capacity of the reception and resettlement centres administered by the Supplementary Benefits Commission for homeless single (a) men and (b) women; if he considers the number of places to be sufficient; and what steps he is taking to increase the number.

It is assumed that the question refers to all reception centres, including resettlement units, administered by the Supplementary Benefits Commission for people without a settled way of living; these are listed. I consider that

RECEPTION CENTRES INCLUDING RESETTLEMENT UNITS
ProvincialLocationBed capacity
AlvastonDerby104
BrightonSussex38
Crown Quay LodgeSittingbourne, Kent76
FazakerleyLiverpool61
GlasgowBishopbriggs, Glasgow63
LeedsLeeds96
LeicesterWigston, Leicester100
NewburyBerkshire68
PlawsworthChester-le-Street, Co. Durham112
SouthamptonSouthampton80
South WalesBridgend, Mid-Glamorgan64
WalkdenWorsley, Manchester84
West MidlandsStourbridge, Worcestershire123
WinterbourneBristol112
WoodhouseSheffield96
London
CamberwellPeckham, SE15550
CamdenBirkenhead Street, WC135*
Cedars LodgeCedars Road, SW430*
70†
Bridge HouseKingsdown Close, W10120
Hither GreenEnnersdale Road, SE13150
Pound LodgePound Lane, NW1080
Lancelot Andrewes HouseGreat Guildford Street, Southwark, SE160
West End HouseDean Street, Soho, W180
Total2,452
* Women.
† Men.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of homeless single (a) men and (b) women who used the reception and resettlement centres administered by the Supplementary Benefits Commission; what is the last year for which figures

Under 1718–2425–3435–4445–5455–5960–6465 & over
Male211,7663,4523,2373,0111,331801736
Female11931581247943278
[This information is not available for earlier periods].