Written question asked by Nigel Waterson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 November 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 November 2000. It was answered by Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top (Labour) on Wednesday, 15 November 2000 on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what his latest estimate is of the number of (a) hostel places for rough sleepers available and (b) rough sleepers in (i) London, (ii) Liverpool, (iii) Leeds, (iv) Birmingham and (v) Manchester. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what his latest estimate is of the number of (a) hostel places for rough sleepers available and (b) rough sleepers in (i) London, (ii) Liverpool, (iii) Leeds, (iv) Birmingham and (v) Manchester. [138001] Ms Armstrong: Each of the cities mentioned has a large number of hostels providing a range of different types of accommodation. Information about the extent of emergency access provision that can be accessed by rough sleepers is collected locally and contained in the table. The table also contains the single night street count figures for each area as at June 2000. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Emergency access accommodation{ 1} Number of rough sleepers Greater London 2,574 546 Liverpool 42 19 Leeds 249 17 Birmingham 260 23 Manchester 66 23 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Number of beds

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 356 c655W; 138001
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: Birmingham Housing Greater London Hostels Greater Manchester Homelessness Leeds Liverpool Temporary accommodation Sleeping rough
Contains statistics: Yes
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