Question follow-through · 21644
Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help councils reduce the (a) need for and (b) costs of temporary accommodation.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 3 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 14 Jan 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help councils reduce the (a) need for and (b) costs of temporary accommodation.
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jan 2025
Answer published
Local authorities in England report revenue and expenditure on an annual basis. Data on council spending on temporary accommodation is contained in the Revenue outturn housing services (RO4) tables, accessible here. The drop down can be used to access dat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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