Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) households and (b) children who previously lived in Grenfell Tower were still living in hotels or bed and breakfast accommodation as of 1 November 2017.

On 7 November, data provided to my Department by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea showed there were 55 children who previously lived in Grenfell Tower or Grenfell Walk, living in emergency accommodation. Emergency accommodation includes hotels, serviced apartments and living with family or friends.

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is working to ensure all families affected by the Grenfell tragedy can move into interim or settled accommodation at the earliest opportunity.