Bernard Allen
Ceist:155 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment if he will publish the results of assessment of the scale of homelessness carried out by local authorities and due to have been completed by 31 March 1991; if so, when; and if they will include (1) the precise definition of homelessness adopted in the assessment, (2) the methodology used by each local authority in drawing up the figures and (3) the level of consultation which each local authority had with voluntary organisations which provide accommodation or work with homeless people.