To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing (a) the number of homeless households accepted by local authorities in England whose homelessness resulted from mortgage arrears, and (b) the percentage of all homeless households which these represented, in each of the years from 1979 to 1987.
Latest estimates are as follows:
| Households accepted by Local Authorities in England under Homelessness Provisions of Housing Acts: where homelessness was attributed principally to mortgage default or arrears | ||
| Year | Number | Percentage of all acceptances |
| 1979 | 2,000 | 4 |
| 1980 | 2,500 | 4 |
| 1981 | 3,600 | 5 |
| 1982 | 4,400 | 6 |
| 1983 | 4,800 | 6 |
| 1984 | 6,300 | 8 |
| 1985 | 8,600 | 9 |
| 1986 | 10,200 | 10 |
| 1987 | 10,500 | 9 |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the local authorities where more than 20, 50 and 100 homeless households, respectively, were living in bed and breakfast hotels in England, at the end of June 1979, December 1981, December 1983, December 1985 and at the latest date for which information is available.
The information reported by local authorities is in the following table:
Local authorities by number of homeless households in bed and breakfast accommodation
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Over 20, up to 50 households
| Over 50 up to 100 households
| Over 100 households
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(a) Al the end of June 1979
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| Manchester | Camden | Hammersmith and Fulham |
| Doncaster | Tower Hamlets | Lambeth |
| Brighton | Wandsworth | |
| Hounslow | Brent | |
| Liverpool | Hackney | |
| Torbay | Kensington and Chelsea | |
| Shepway1 | Westminster | |
(b) At the end of December 1981
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| Hove | Hackney | Brent |
| Brighton | Kensington and Chelsea | Hammersmith |
| York | Tower Hamlets | Westminster |
| Eastbourne | Camden | |
| Oxford | Ealing | |
| Slough | Hillingdon | |
| Blackpool | ||
| Sutton | ||
| Kingston upon Thames | ||
| Wandsworth | ||
| Haringey | ||
| Hounslow | ||
(c) At the end of December 1983
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| Harrow | Manchester | Ealing |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | Haringey | Lambeth |
| Bristol | Hounslow | Camden |
| Reading | Kingston upon Thames | Tower Hamlets |
| Rushmoor | Oxford | Hackney1 |
| Sutton | Westminster1 | |
| Havant | Brent1 | |
| Wandsworth | ||
| Crawley | ||
| Brighton | ||
| Slough1 | ||
(d) At the end of December 1985
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| Harrow | Kingston upon Thames | Brent |
| Brighton | Leicester | Haringey |
| Southend-on-sea | Southwark | Westminster |
| Woodspring | Rushmoor | Lambeth |
| Bexley | Hounslow | Wandsworth |
| Islington | Slough | Hillingdon |
| Enfield | Ealing | Hammersmith |
| Lewisham | Oxford | Manchester1 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | Reading1 | Camden1 |
| Gloucester | Hackney1 | |
| Rochester upon Medway | Tower Hamlets1 | |
| Sutton | ||
| Epsom and Ewell | ||
| Havant | ||
| Hove | ||
| Bristol | ||
| Nottingham | ||
(e) At the end of March 1988
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| Richmond upon Thames | Harrow | Ealing |
| New Forest | Bristol | Manchester |
| Southend-on-sea | Slough | Brent |
| Colchester | Rushmoor | Haringey |
| East Hampshire | Oxford | Hammersmith and Fulham |
| Thurrock | Hove | Camden |
| Test Valley | Kensington and Chelsea | Newham |
| Rochester upon Medway | Kingston upon Thames | Lambeth |
| Peterborough | Ipswich | Tower Hamlets |
| Poole | Reigate and Banstead | Wandsworth |
| Tunbridge Wells | Westminster | |
| Adur | Hackney | |
| Middlesbrough | Shepway | |
| Hart | Hillingdon | |
| St. Albans | Reading | |
| Arun | Hounslow | |
| Gravesham | Brighton | |
| Havant | Islington | |
| South Wight | Enfield | |
| Cambridge | Sutton | |
| Bexley | Lewisham1 | |
| Kirklees | Southwark1 | |
Over 20, up to 50 households
| Over 50 up to 100 households
| Over 100 households
|
| Blackpool | ||
| Runnymede | ||
| Woodspring1 | ||
| Gloucester1 | ||
1 Data not available so bed and breakfast figures at an earlier date have been used. | ||