Written question asked by Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour) on Thursday, 11 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 March 2010. It was answered by Lord Austin of Dudley (Labour) on Thursday, 18 March 2010 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Homelessness: Sefton

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people were homeless in Sefton in each year since 2000.

Answer: A table of figures on the number of households accepted by local housing authorities as owed a main homelessness duty between 1999-2000 and 2008-09 has been deposited in the Library of the House in response to the question I answered from the hon. Member for Castle Point (Bob Spink) on 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 843W.Information is also collected and reported on the number of people who sleep rough—i.e. those who are literally roofless on a single night. Local authority data and count guidance can be found on the CLG website:"http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/corporate/statistics/roughsleeping2009"

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 507 c1035W; 322637
Session: 2009-10
Related items: Homelessness: Sefton
Monday, 29 March 2010
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Homelessness Sefton
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk