Measure · Statutory homelessness - detailed local authority data
Households placed in bed and breakfast, the least suitable form of temporary accommodation and legally limited to six weeks for families.
| Published by | Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government |
|---|---|
| Series | Statutory homelessness - detailed local authority data |
| How often | Quarterly |
| Basis | administrative |
| Covers | June 30, 2024 to March 31, 2026 (8 periods) |
| Geographies | country, lad, region |
| Areas held | 306, of which 12 withheld (3.9%) |
| Licence | OGL-UK-3.0 |
Each of these is measured from the data rather than written down, so it stays true as the data changes.
12 of 306 areas are withheld by the producer. Most commonly: Missing data
Some periods carry the producer's own release date and others a date derived from the period end plus its typical lag. The derived ones are labelled approximate wherever they appear.
A definition is often only clear beside its siblings.
| Measure | What it counts |
|---|---|
| Children in temporary accommodation | children living in accommodation their council arranged, counted on the last day of the quarter |
| Households in temporary accommodation | households living in accommodation their council arranged because they had nowhere else, counted on the last day of the quarter |
| Households in temporary accommodation with children | of those households in temporary accommodation, the ones with dependent children |
| Initial assessments | households that approached their council as homeless or at risk and were assessed |
| Owed a prevention or relief duty | households their council accepted a legal duty to help, whether before or after they lost their home |
| Prevention duty owed | households threatened with homelessness within 56 days, who their council is required to help stay where they are |
| Prevention duty, section 21 notice | of those threatened with homelessness, the households whose private landlord had served a no-fault eviction notice |
| Relief duty owed | households already homeless when their council accepted a duty to help them |
| Area | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Adur | 54.0 | Q1 2026 |
| Amber Valley | 4.0 | Q1 2026 |
| Arun | 37.0 | Q1 2026 |
| Ashfield | 2.0 | Q1 2026 |
| Babergh | 25.0 | Q1 2026 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 51.0 | Q1 2026 |
| Barnet | 105.0 | Q1 2026 |
| Barnsley | 14.0 | Q1 2025 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 1.0 | Q1 2026 |
| Bassetlaw | 2.0 | Q1 2026 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 27.0 | Q1 2026 |
| Bedford | 83.0 | Q1 2026 |