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date	12/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Bed and Breakfast Accommodation: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, in how many instances local authorities have exceeded the six-week limit for using bed and breakfast accommodation for homeless families in the most recent 12 months for which data is available; and how many local authorities have so exceeded that limit in that same period.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	131952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government publishes regular statistics on rough sleeping, statutory homelessness and homelessness prevention and relief in England. These are published at a local authority level. The latest statistics can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics</a></p><p>England has a strong homelessness safety net, providing protection to the most vulnerable in our society so they always have a roof over their heads.</p><p>In 2011, we changed the law so that councils can place families in decent and affordable private rented homes. This now means homeless households should not have to wait as long for settled accommodation.</p><p>The law is also clear that households with dependent children should only be accommodated in Bed and Breakfast (B&amp;B) in an emergency and then for no longer than 6 weeks.</p><p>Our Homelessness Advice and Support Team, drawn from local authorities and the homelessness sector, is supporting councils throughout England and providing targeted challenge. There are some councils who are successfully reducing the number and length of time families are spending in B&amp;B accommodation; we expect areas in similar situations to follow their example.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 19/03/2018 17:01:44 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

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registered interest
date	12/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Refuges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2018 to Question 130452, on Housing Benefit: Refuges, when his Department plans to respond to the feedback received through its short-term consultation which closed on 23 January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	132036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The consultations on the short-term accommodation grant and sheltered housing model closed on Tuesday 23 January 2018.</p><p>We are now analysing the responses received and the Government will provide a full response in the early summer of 2018. In the meantime we will continue to work with providers and local government on the details of the proposed funding models.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 19/03/2018 17:02:21 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne