Question follow-through · 18178
Temporary Accommodation: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of temporary accommodation on the mental health of children within that accommodation.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 5 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 10 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of temporary accommodation on the mental health of children within that accommodation.
9 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Dec 2024
Answer published
Homelessness levels are far too high. This can have a devastating impact on those affected, especially children. Too many families are spending years in temporary accommodation, at a point in a child’s life when they need space to play and develop, nutrit...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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