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<p>The ‘Lifting the Lid on Hidden Homelessness’ report asked local authorities for
the number of tenants claiming housing benefit for bed and breakfast in a financial
year. The MHCLG experimental statistics on statutory homelessness record the stock
of households in temporary accommodation (including bed and breakfast) at the end
of each quarter who are owed a homelessness duty. The 51,500 figure in the Justlife
report includes anyone who has spend any time in bed and breakfast accommodation over
the financial year, however short. MHCLG figures for the 2015/16 financial year are
shown below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Number of households
in bed and breakfast hotels 2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Q3</p></td><td><p>5,910</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Q4</p></td><td><p>5,120</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>Q1</p></td><td><p>5,960</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Q2</p></td><td><p>6,490</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government is committed
to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough.
That is why we have made a manifesto commitment to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and
end it altogether by 2027, placing a priority on preventing people from becoming homeless
in the first place.</p><p>Last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping
Strategy. This sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep
rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once
and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness
and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p>
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