Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 73755

Temporary Accommodation: Families

Tabled: 1 September 2025
Answered: 15 September 2025

Question

Gideon Amos

Liberal DemocratTaunton and Wellington

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number of families that have been living in emergency accommodation for longer than the six-week legal limit.

Answer

Alison McGovern
The Department publishes quarterly statistics on statutory homelessness in England, which can be found on gov.uk here. The latest quarterly data was published on 22 July 2025, covering January to March 2025. The number of under 18s in temporary accommodat...

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