<p>To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions officials at the Department for Communities and Local Government had with the 15 local authorities invited to bid for a share of £1.8 million to reduce the number of homeless families in bed and breakfast accommodation for more than six weeks by 75 per cent by December 2013 about (a) the baseline date, and (b) the use of a sliding scale target.[HL956]</p>