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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

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Dr. Ashok Kumar:To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what percentage of (a) households and (b) households with children are living in bed and breakfast and similar temporary accommodation in (i) England and (ii) each region. [114297] Mrs. Roche: Latest information reported on the number of homeless households being accommodated by local authorities in bed and breakfast hotels, including annexes where main facilities are shared is shown in the following table. These are expressed as a rate per thousand of all households as identified in the 2001 Census. Homeless households housed by local authorities in Bed and Breakfast accommodation (including shared facility annexes) as at 31 December 2002 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. All households Households with dependent children Total (in April Homeless in bed Rate per Total (in April Homeless in bed Rate per 2001) and breakfast thousand 2001) and breakfast1 thousand North East 1,066,000 90 0.08 318,000 20 0.06 North West 2,813,000 70 0.02 856,000 20 0.02 Yorkshire and the Humber 2,065,000 410 0.20 618,000 100 0.16 East Midlands 1,732,000 190 0.11 514,000 100 0.19 West Midlands 2,154,000 80 0.04 662,000 40 0.06 East 2,232,000 750 0.34 654,000 320 0.49 London2 3,016,000 8,140 2.70 873,000 3,950 4.52 South East2 3,287,000 1,340 0.41 960,000 560 0.58 South West2 2,086,000 1,550 0.74 570,000 640 1.12 England 20,451,000 12,620 0.62 6,023,000 5,740 0.95 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The count of homeless households also includes those with an expectant mother, but no dependent children. 2 As figures for homeless households in B&B have been updated to reflect late returns and revisions, they differ very slightly from those published in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 's Statistical Release (Supplementary Tables) of 13 March 2003. Source: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister PIE housing activity return (quarterly); 2001 Census

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

114297; 406 c476W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Children Bed and breakfast accommodation Households Economic regions Temporary accommodation

Contains statistics

Yes

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