Asked by: Paula Barker (Labour - Liverpool, Wavertree)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's statistics entitled Statutory homelessness in England: July to September 2022, published on 28 February 2023, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of increases in the number of households living in bed and breakfast accommodation with dependent children.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Further to the answers given in response to questions UIN 155208 and UIN 75824 on 8 March 2023 and 7 November 2022, the Government has been clear that the long-term use of B&B accommodation for families with children is inappropriate and unlawful and we are determined to stop this practice. We will continue to work with local authorities to limit the use of bed and breakfast accommodation.
The latest statutory homelessness statistics for April to June 2022 can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statutory-homelessness-in-england-july-to-september-2022. This includes data on the number of households in temporary accommodation in England, including the number of children. The latest rough sleeping snapshot can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-snapshot-in-england-autumn-2022/rough-sleeping-snapshot-in-england-autumn-2022.
Asked by: Paula Barker (Labour - Liverpool, Wavertree)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's Rough sleeping snapshot in England: autumn 2022, published on 28 February 2023, what analysis his Department has made of the reasons for the increase in rough sleeping numbers.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Further to the answers given in response to questions UIN 155208 and UIN 75824 on 8 March 2023 and 7 November 2022, the Government has been clear that the long-term use of B&B accommodation for families with children is inappropriate and unlawful and we are determined to stop this practice. We will continue to work with local authorities to limit the use of bed and breakfast accommodation.
The latest statutory homelessness statistics for April to June 2022 can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statutory-homelessness-in-england-july-to-september-2022. This includes data on the number of households in temporary accommodation in England, including the number of children. The latest rough sleeping snapshot can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-snapshot-in-england-autumn-2022/rough-sleeping-snapshot-in-england-autumn-2022.
Asked by: Paula Barker (Labour - Liverpool, Wavertree)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department has made of the number of households with dependent children in temporary accommodation in 2023.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Further to the answers given in response to questions UIN 155208 and UIN 75824 on 8 March 2023 and 7 November 2022, the Government has been clear that the long-term use of B&B accommodation for families with children is inappropriate and unlawful and we are determined to stop this practice. We will continue to work with local authorities to limit the use of bed and breakfast accommodation.
The latest statutory homelessness statistics for April to June 2022 can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statutory-homelessness-in-england-july-to-september-2022. This includes data on the number of households in temporary accommodation in England, including the number of children. The latest rough sleeping snapshot can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-snapshot-in-england-autumn-2022/rough-sleeping-snapshot-in-england-autumn-2022.
Asked by: Paula Barker (Labour - Liverpool, Wavertree)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's statistics entitled Statutory homelessness in England: July to September 2022 published 28 February 2023, what steps his Department are taking to reduce the number of households with dependent children who have lived in temporary bed and breakfast accommodation for longer than 6 weeks.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Further to the answers given in response to questions UIN 155208 and UIN 75824 on 8 March 2023 and 7 November 2022, the Government has been clear that the long-term use of B&B accommodation for families with children is inappropriate and unlawful and we are determined to stop this practice. We will continue to work with local authorities to limit the use of bed and breakfast accommodation.
The latest statutory homelessness statistics for April to June 2022 can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statutory-homelessness-in-england-july-to-september-2022. This includes data on the number of households in temporary accommodation in England, including the number of children. The latest rough sleeping snapshot can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-snapshot-in-england-autumn-2022/rough-sleeping-snapshot-in-england-autumn-2022.
Asked by: Paula Barker (Labour - Liverpool, Wavertree)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's policies on reducing the number of children in temporary accommodation since 2010.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Further to the answers given in response to questions UIN 155208 and UIN 75824 on 8 March 2023 and 7 November 2022, the Government has been clear that the long-term use of B&B accommodation for families with children is inappropriate and unlawful and we are determined to stop this practice. We will continue to work with local authorities to limit the use of bed and breakfast accommodation.
The latest statutory homelessness statistics for April to June 2022 can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statutory-homelessness-in-england-july-to-september-2022. This includes data on the number of households in temporary accommodation in England, including the number of children. The latest rough sleeping snapshot can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-snapshot-in-england-autumn-2022/rough-sleeping-snapshot-in-england-autumn-2022.
Asked by: Paula Barker (Labour - Liverpool, Wavertree)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department havs to rhelp educe the number of homeless children being placed out of their home borough.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Local authorities must ensure any temporary accommodation placement is suitable and should try to place individuals within their own area. If an authority places a household in temporary accommodation outside of the local area, this should be as a last resort and they should still try to place the household as near as possible to the original local authority.
Asked by: Paula Barker (Labour - Liverpool, Wavertree)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the demand for homelessness services across the English regions.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Homelessness data for English regions can be found online here.
Asked by: Paula Barker (Labour - Liverpool, Wavertree)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes in the levels of section 21 evictions on the demand for homelessness services.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
The department publishes official statistics on homelessness duties owed, including the number of households that are threatened with homelessness following service of a valid section 21 notice.
Asked by: Paula Barker (Labour - Liverpool, Wavertree)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on how many times permitted development rights have been used (a) to convert buildings and other dwellings into temporary accommodation and (b) for other purposes in England in the last two years.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
The Department publishes data on how many applications for prior approval for the change of use to residential are able to proceed and how many homes the permitted development rights have delivered.
The figures are readily available online and can be found at Housing delivery Table 123 and Application data PDR 1.
The department does not collect data on the type of buildings local authorities use as temporary accommodation, for more information on the temporary accommodation data please see here.
Asked by: Paula Barker (Labour - Liverpool, Wavertree)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an (a) estimate of the number of councils converting office blocks to accommodation through permitted development rights and (b) assessment of the suitability of that practice for tackling homelessness.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
The Department publishes data on how many applications for prior approval for the change of use to residential are able to proceed and how many homes the permitted development rights have delivered.
The figures are readily available online and can be found at Housing delivery Table 123 and Application data PDR 1.
The department does not collect data on the type of buildings local authorities use as temporary accommodation, for more information on the temporary accommodation data please see here.