HC Deb 08 June 2004 vol 422 cc276-9W
Mrs. Spelman

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the average number of homeless households living in temporary accommodation was in each year since 1997, broken down by accommodation type. [173736]

Yvette Cooper

The most recent quarterly Statistical

Table 7: Households in accommodation arranged by local authorities under the homelessness provisions of the 1985 and 1996 Housing Acts, by type of accommodation1
Bed and breakfast hotels percentage Hostels/women's refuges percentage
1985 and 1996 Housing Acts Total number of households accommodated at end of quarter Number of total change on previous quarter Number of total change on previous quarter
1997
quarter 1 41,250 4,100 9.9 -1.4 9,680 23.5 0.4
quarter 2 43,720 4,500 10.3 9.8 9,430 21.6 -2.6
quarter 3 45,290 4,630 10.2 2.9 9,450 20.9 0.2
quarter 4 44,870 4,520 10.1 -2.4 8,730 19.5 -7.6
1998
quarter1 47,520 4,820 10.1 6.6 9,730 20.5 11.5
quarter2 49,390 5,380 10.9 11.6 9,490 19.2 -2.5
quarter 3 52,510 5,890 11.2 9.5 9,820 18.7 3.5
quarter 4 53,790 7,240 13.5 22.9 9,760 18.1 -0.6
1999
quarter 1 56,580 6,570 11.6 -9.3 9,840 17.4 0.8
quarter 2 58,430 7,700 13.2 17.2 10,210 17.5 3.8
quarter 3 61,450 8,240 13.4 7.0 9,960 16.2 -2.4
quarter 4 62,180 8,000 12.9 -2.9 9,660 15.5 -3.0
2000
quarter 1 65,170 8,680 13.3 8.5 10,300 15.8 6.6
quarter 2 67,520 8,910 13.2 2.6 10,320 15.3 0.2
quarter 3 71,860 9,420 13.1 5.7 10,460 14.6 1.4
quarter 4 73,080 9,870 13.5 4.8 10,790 14.8 3.2
2001
quarter 1 75,200 10,860 14.4 10.0 10,610 14.1 -1.7
quarter 22 75,920 11,390 15.0 4.9 10,320 13.6 -2.7
quarter 32 78,370 12,240 15.6 7.5 10,400 13.3 0.8
quarter 42 78,030 11,890 15.2 -2.9 9,850 12.6 -5.3
2002
quarter 12,3 80,440 11,840 14.7 -0.4 9,610 11.9 -2.4
quarter 22,3 82,110 12,380 15.1 4.6 9,760 11.9 1.6
quarter 32,3 85,260 13,250 15.5 7.0 9,740 11.4 -0.2
quarter 42,3 83,860 12,540 15.0 -5.4 9,640 11.5 -1.0
2003
quarter 12,3 89,260 12,100 13.6 -3.5 10,070 11.3 4.5
quarter 22,3 91,330 1 1,340 12.4 -6.3 10,420 11.4 3.5
quarter 32,3 93,930 10,310 11.0 -9.1 10,770 11.5 3.4
quarter 42,3 95,060 8,360 8.8 -18.9 10,230 10.8 -5.0

Private sector accommodation (eg on lease or licence, or direct with landlord) Other types including local authorities' and RSL's own stock
Percentage Percentage
Number of total change on previous quarter Number of total change on previous quarter
1997
quarter 1 14,040 34.0 27.9 13,430 32.6 -22.9
quarter 2 14,300 32.7 1.9 15,490 35.4 75.3
quarter 3 14,310 31.6 0.1 16,900 37.3 9.7
quarter 4 14,040 31.3 -1.9 17,580 39.2 4.0
1998
quarter 1 14,820 31.2 5.6 18,150 38.2 3.2
quarter 2 15,470 31.3 4.4 19,050 38.6 5.0
quarter 3 18,280 34.8 18.2 18,520 35.3 -2.8

Release on homelessness was published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on 15 March, which contains information up to and including the fourth quarter of 2003. Table 7 (as follows) presents estimates of the number of homeless households in England in various types of temporary accommodation as at the end of each quarter since 1997.

Private sector accommodation (eg on lease or licence, or direct with landlord) Other types including local authorities' and RSL's own stock
Percentage Percentage
Number of total change on previous quarter Number of total change on previous quarter
quarter 4 17,400 32.3 -4.8 19,390 36.0 4.7
1999
quarter 1 19,270 34.1 10.7 20,900 36.9 7.8
quarter 2 17,670 30.2 -8.3 22,850 39.7 9.3
quarter 3 18,460 30.0 4.5 24,790 40.3 8.5
quarter 4 19,820 31.9 7.4 24,700 39.7 -0.4
2000
quarter 1 20,060 30.8 1.2 26,130 40.1 5.8
quarter 2 23,920 35.4 19.2 24,370 36.1 -6.7
quarter 3 22,330 31.1 -6.6 29,650 41.3 217
quarter 4 25,260 34.6 13.1 27,160 37.2 -8.4
2001
quarter 1 25,610 34.1 1.4 28,120 37.4 3.5
quarter 22 25,890 34.1 1.1 28,320 37.3 0.7
quarter 32 25,630 32.7 -1.0 30,100 38.4 6.3
quarter 42 25,740 33.0 0.4 30,550 39.2 1.5
2002
quarter 12,3 28,370 35.3 10.2 30,620 38.1 0.2
quarter 22,3 29,860 36.4 5.3 30,130 36.7 -1.6
quarter 32,3 31,880 37.4 6.8 30,390 35.6 0.9
quarter 42,3 34,100 40.7 7.0 27,590 32.9 -9.2
2003
quarter 12,3 37,180 41.7 9.0 29,920 33.5 8.4
quarter 22,3 40,550 44.4 9.1 29,000 31.8 -3.1
quarter 32,3 43,880 46.7 8.2 28,980 30.9 -0.1
quarter 42,3 47,290 49.7 7.8 29,190 30.7 0.7
1Households in accommodation arranged by local authorities pending inquiries or after being accepted as homeless under the 1996 Act (includes residual cases awaiting re-housing under the 1985 Act).
2Provisional
3Some self-contained accommodation in Annex-style units previously recorded under B&B now more appropriately attributed to private sector accommodation.
Note:
The totals may not equal the sum of components because of rounding