Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 99216

Temporary Accommodation: Children

Tabled: 11 December 2025

Answered: 16 December 2025

Named Day

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op) — Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential safeguarding risk of unknown adults from the general public being on premises such as B&Bs and hotels along with families with childr

Answer

Alison McGovern

The Government is clear that B&B accommodation is never suitable for families with children and their use in emergencies should be rare and short. Our National Plan to End Homelessness sets a target to end the use of B&B accommodation for families...

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