To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give details of new provision of shelters and other accommodation for the roofless in Greater London in 1990, 1991, 1992, including the numbers of places made available at each location.
Between 1990 and 1992 my Department has provided 489 places in 19 hostels and 779 places in winter shelters in Greater London under the rough sleepers initiative. We have also provided bedspaces in permanent independent accommodation for rough sleepers to move on to. A list of the places made available in 1990, 1991 and so far in 1992 states:
List of hostel places
| |||
Managing Agency
| Hostel Name
| Beds
| Opening date
|
| St. Mungo Association | Nevern Square, SW5 | 20 | December 1990 |
| St. Mungo Association | Bassett Road, W10 | 22 | December 1990 |
| Providence Row | Crispin Street, E1 | 8 | January 1991 |
| Look Ahead HA | Princess Beatrice House, SW10 | 4 | February 1991 |
| St. Mungo Association | City Road, EC1 | 45 | February 1991 |
| English Churches Housing Group | Station Hotel, N1 | 33 | April 1991 |
| English Churches Housing Group | King George Hostel, SW1 | 100 | April 1991 |
| Centrepoint Soho | Vauxhall Hostel, SW8 | 60 | May 1991 |
| St. Mungo Association | Vartry Road, N15 | 19 | May 1991 |
| Providence Row | Crispin Street, E1 | 16 | June 1991 |
| English Churches Housing Group | Chevening Road, NW6 | 6 | June 1991 |
| English Churches Housing Group | St. Mark's Rectory, NW1 | 13 | July 1991 |
| De Paul Trust | Moorhouse Road, W2 | 16 | July 1991 |
| Shaftesbury Society | Sir John Kirk Centre, SE5 | 22 | July 1991 |
| Shaftesbury Society | Lansdowne Centre, SE1 | 22 | August 1991 |
| YMCA National Council | 10–12 West Cromwell Road, SW5 | 34 | September 1991 |
| United Kingdom Housing Trust | Arlington House, NW1 | 7 | September 1991 |
| Shaftesbury Society | Aldershot Road, NW6 | 6 | October 1991 |
| De Paul Trust | Lord Clyde, SE11 | 36 | October 1991 |
List of places in winter shelters
| |||
Managing Agency
| Hostel Name
| Beds
| Opening date
|
| London Borough of Hammersmith | Bulwer Street, W12 | 30 | February 1991 |
| (closed September 1991) | |||
| Salvation Army | Blackfriars Road, SE1 | 80 | February 1991 |
| (closed March 1991) | |||
| London Borough of Lambeth | Coronation Hall, SE1 | 16 | February 1991 |
| (closed March 1991) | |||
| Croydon YMCA | Causton Hall, Croydon | 25 | February 1991 |
| (closed April 1991) | |||
| Centrepoint Soho | Soho Square, W1 | 40 | February 1991 |
| (closed May 1991) | |||
| St. Mungo's Association | Paddington Green, W2 | 75 | February 1991 |
| City of Westminster | Bruce House, Kemble Street, WC2 | 60 | February 1991 |
| The Passage | Westminster Cathedral Night Shelter, SW1 | 40 | February 1991 |
| Crisis | Tooley Street, SE1 | 60 | December 1991 |
| English Churches Housing Group | Rame House, Tooting Bee, SW17 | 25 | December 1991 |
| Croydon YMCA | Causton Hall, Croydon | 25 | December 1991 |
| South London Family Housing Association | Lawrie Park Road, SE26 | 50 | December 1991 |
| St. Christopher's Fellowship | Ealing Hospital, W5 | 25 | December 1991 |
| London Borough of Camden | Heysham House, NW3 | 30 | December 1991 |
| Salvation Army | St. Ann's Street, SW1 | 20 | December 1991 |
| London Borough of Lambeth | Cynthia Molsey House, SE11 | 25 | January 1992 |
| London Borough of Camden | Grays Inn Road, WC1 | 35 | January 1992 |
| London Borough of Camden | Parker Street, WC1 | 18 | January 1992 |
| Centrepoint Soho | Soho Square, W1 | 45 | January 1992 |
| Single Homeless Project | Abbey Centre, Marsham Street, SW1 | 35 | February 1992 |
| Salvation Army | Atlantic House, EC2 | 20 | February 1992 |
In addition, we have provided 522 places in flats and houses leased from the private sector.