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Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households were placed in temporary accommodation outside their home local authority area in each of the last five years.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
19 May 2026
Target answer date
21 May 2026
Answer
26 May 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households were placed in temporary accommodation outside their home local authority area in each of the last five years.

  2. 21 May 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 May 2026

    Answer published

    Accredited official statistics on statutory homelessness, including the number of households who are owed a temporary accommodation duty who are in another local authority are published in the financial year and quarterly homelessness statistics on gov.uk...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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