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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households in temporary accommodation in the London Borough of Southwark (a) are single-parent households, (b) are pensioner households and (c) have occupants with mental health conditions.

Information on the number of single parent households in temporary accommodation in each local authority in England has been published in section 6 of the following table:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness#detailed-local-authority-level-responses

The Department does not hold data on the numbers of pensioner households and those with mental health conditions in temporary accommodation.

We have embarked on a project to redesign our homelessness data collection system. The new system will capture information on all households receiving homelessness assessments from local authorities, as well as recording the assistance received and the outcome. This will provide a much clearer understanding of the causes of homelessness and the effectiveness of responses.