Bed and Breakfast Unit

HL Deb 31 January 2002 vol 631 c54WA

Baroness Hanham

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What powers and responsibilities will he vested in the new Bed and Breakfast Unit being established with the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. [HL2447]

Lord Falconer of Thoroton

The Bed and Breakfast Unit (BBU) has been fully operational since 1 October 2001. It is currently attached to the Government Office for London but will shortly move to the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions as part of the new Homelessness Directorate. The new directorate will bring together and reinvigorate work on addressing homelessness. The BBU has a clear remit to reduce local authority use of bed and breakfast accommodation over the next two years.