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Police Authorities

Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many households there are in each police authority. [64539]

Ruth Kelly: I have been asked to reply.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Nigel Evans, dated 1 July 2002:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about the number of households in each police authority area. (64539)

The latest available estimates, for the three month period ending November 2001, are given in the table attached.

These estimates are from the Labour Force Survey and are not seasonally adjusted.

Number of householder in each police authority in England and Wales; Autumn (September to November) 2001; not seasonally adjusted

	Thousands
All households in England and Wales	22,002
Police authorities:
Avon and Somerset	646
Bedfordshire	239
Cambridgeshire	290
Cheshire	381
Cleveland	225
Cumbria	228
Derbyshire	421
Devon and Cornwall	657
Dorset	299
Durham	272
Essex	667
Gloucestershire	254
Greater Manchester	1,066
Hampshire	805
Hertfordshire	470
Humberside	396
Kent	662
Lancashire	591
Leicestershire	361
Lincolnshire	275
Merseyside	574
City of London	(64)—
Metropolitan Police District	3,005
Norfolk	341
Northamptonshire	245
Northumbria	606
North Yorkshire	298
Nottinghamshire	436
South Yorkshire	559
Staffordshire	415
Suffolk	291
Surrey	422
Sussex	636
Thames Valley	816
Warwickshire	203
West Mercia	507
West Midlands	1,044
West Yorkshire	896
Wiltshire	266
North Wales	283
Dyfed Powys	195
South Wales	513
Gwent	243

⁽⁶⁴⁾ Sample size too small for reliable estimate

Source:

ONS Labour Force Survey, Household Dataset

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Children in Care

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children in care have been (a) homeless, (b) in bed-and-breakfast accommodation and (c) in temporary accommodation in each of the last five years. [64525]

Mr. McNulty: I have been asked to reply.

The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

CABINET OFFICE

Departmental Website

Mr. Collins: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when the Cabinet Office website will be amended to reflect the recent organisational changes. [63580]

Mr. Alexander: The Cabinet Office website has been amended to reflect ministerial changes.

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