Question follow-through · 99216
Temporary Accommodation: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential safeguarding risk of unknown adults from the general public being on premises such as B&Bs and hotels along with families with childr
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 11 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 16 Dec 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential safeguarding risk of unknown adults from the general public being on premises such as B&Bs and hotels along with families with childr
16 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Government is clear that B&B accommodation is never suitable for families with children and their use in emergencies should be rare and short. Our National Plan to End Homelessness sets a target to end the use of B&B accommodation for families...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Temporary Accommodation: Hotels
2 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department issues to ensure families with children placed in hotels have adequate access to cooking facilities, nutritional meals and safe communal spaces.
Multiple Occupation
22 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of granting additional powers for planning authorities to control new House of Multiple Occupation conversions.
Community Ownership Fund
30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he expects the Community Ownership Fund to be open for applications.
Cooperatives and Mutual Societies
30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress is being made on the establishment of a Co-operative Development Unit.