Measure · Statutory homelessness - detailed local authority data
Households already homeless when their council accepted a duty to help them.
| 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 8 withheld (2.6%) |
| 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.
8 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 bed and breakfast | households placed in bed and breakfast, the least suitable form of temporary accommodation and legally limited to six weeks for families |
| 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 |
| Area | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Adur | 37.0 | Q1 2026 |
| Amber Valley | 36.0 | Q1 2026 |
| Arun | 183.0 | Q1 2026 |
| Ashfield | 60.0 | Q1 2026 |
| Ashford | 62.0 | Q1 2026 |
| Babergh | 34.0 | Q1 2026 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 126.0 | Q1 2026 |
| Barnet | 432.0 | Q1 2026 |
| Barnsley | 162.0 | Q1 2025 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 50.0 | Q1 2026 |
| Bassetlaw | 23.0 | Q1 2026 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 54.0 | Q1 2026 |