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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

Matthew Green: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the average length of time a homeless household in temporary accommodation in each Government Office Region had to wait before being made an offer of a permanent (a) one-bed, (b) two-bed, (c) three- bed and (d) four-bed or more home in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2004. [179946] Yvette Cooper: Information reported by local authorities on their activities under homelessness legislation includes a breakdown of time, by broad time-bands, spent by households in temporary accommodation prior to the authorities' duty coming to an end. This specific information was collected for the first time with effect from the March quarter of 1997, and consequently data quality for this period may be less robust than for later periods. Estimates for latest comparable dates in 1997 and 2004 are tabled as follows. Average length of stay (in days) by homeless households1 in all forms of temporary accommodation, by Government Office Region _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 31 March 1997 31 March 2004 North East 91 170 North West 91 164 Yorkshire and Humber 91 239 East Midlands 93 181 West Midlands 97 116 Eastern 102 254 London 91 381 South East 110 298 South West 174 323 England 98 267 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Households that, during the quarter, left accommodation provided by local authorities under homelessness legislation. Source: ODPM P1E homelessness returns (quarterly)

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

179946; 423 c93-4W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Homelessness Waiting lists Temporary accommodation

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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