Temporary Accommodation: Children
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of households with children in temporary accommodation had been in that accommodation for (a) less than six months, (b) between six months and one year, (c) between one and two years, (d) between two and five years and (e) over five years as of 31 March 2024.
Answered by Rushanara Ali
Statutory homelessness statistics for 2023-24 publishes data on the length of time that households with children stay in temporary accommodation. As of 31 March 2024, there were 17,430 households with children in temporary accommodation for less than six months, 11,080 between six months to one year, 12,260 between one to two years, 16,690 between two to five years and 16,790 for over five years.
This information is available at table TA4C Additional_temporary_accommodation_breakdowns__31_March_2024.ods (live.com).
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