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Ms. Harman
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report figures for the numbers of households accepted as homeless in the London borough of Southwark for each year since such figures were first compiled.
Mr. Tracey
The numbers of households accepted as homeless are as follows:
| Year | Number |
| 1978 | 558 |
| 1979 | 651 |
| 1980 | 680 |
| 1981 | 1700 |
| 1982 | 808 |
| 1983 | 1,337 |
| 1984 | 1,527 |
| 1985 | 1,443 |
| 21986 | 1,170 |
| 1 Estimated. | |
| 2 Nine months. | |