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Mr. Fearn
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his Department's estimate of the number of people sleeping on the streets in London.
Mr. Yeo
Having consulted front-line voluntary organisations, my Department estimates that some 2,000 to 3,000 people sleep on the streets in London. A count of persons sleeping rough is to be carried out as part of the 1991 population census.