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

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire are still living in hotels, bed and breakfasts or other temporary accommodation.

As of 5th February, the latest figures from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea show that 92 households from Grenfell Tower and Grenfell Walk remain in emergency accommodation, which includes those living in hotels, serviced apartments and some who are living with friends and family. The Council has assured me that no residents from Grenfell Tower or Walk are living in bed and breakfast accommodation.

A total of 60 households from Grenfell Tower or Walk have moved into interim accommodation. The Council has committed that the interim homes offered to residents are self-contained, fully furnished, big enough for each family and are not in a high rise building and the Council is providing advice and help to residents in setting up their interim home.

We expect the Council to do whatever is necessary to ensure households can move into settled homes as swiftly as possible, but to do so sensitively and taking into account individual needs. We are working closely with the Council to support them in delivering their commitment to provide survivors with a permanent new home in social housing within one year of the fire.