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Mr. Frank R. White
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many homeless households there were in each of the regions of England for each of the last five years.
Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg
The following table gives the number of homeless households for whom local authorities in Eng-
| HOMELESS HOUSEHOLDS IN ENGLAND | |||||
| ACCEPTANCES 1975 TO 1977 AND 1978 TO FIRST HALF 1979*: BY REGION | |||||
| Economic Planning Regions | 1975 | 1976 | 1977† | 1978 | 1979 (first half) |
| Northern | 1,100 | 1,200 | 1,100 | 3,300 | 1,700 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 2,300 | 2,400 | 2,300 | 4,400 | 2,300 |
| North West | 3,800 | 3,600 | 3,800 | 7,200 | 3,600 |
| East Midlands | 2,200 | 2,200 | 2,400 | 3,600 | 1,700 |
| West Midlands | 2,700 | 2,900 | 2,800 | 5,500 | 3,200 |
| East Anglia | 1,100 | 900 | 900 | 1,400 | 700 |
| South-East (ex. GLC) | 5,700 | 5,900 | 5,300 | 8,800 | 4,600 |
| Greater London | 12,600 | 12,400 | 10,800 | 14,400 | 7,900 |
| South-West | 2,300 | 2,200 | 2,500 | 4,500 | 2,300 |
| England‡ | 34,000 | 34,000 | 32,000 | 53,000 | 28.000 |
| * Results for 1978 and 1979 are not directly comparable with those for earlier years. | |||||
| † 1977 figures are based on results for period January-November expressed on a 12 month basis. | |||||
| ‡Because of rounding the totals in the table do not always agree with the component figures. | |||||