Question follow-through · 11527
Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help local authorities reduce their number of out of area placements in temporary accommodation.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 19 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 29 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
19 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help local authorities reduce their number of out of area placements in temporary accommodation.
23 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jun 2026
Answer published
Legislation and statutory guidance is clear that local authorities should, wherever possible, place homeless households within their own area. However, in some areas where there is a limited supply of suitable accommodation, it is sometimes necessary to p...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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