26 August 2022
Your questions
- of the households living with children in temporary accommodation at the end of December 2021 (the last quarterly data publicly available), how many were placed in accommodation outside of your local authority area?
- of the households living with children in temporary accommodation in each of the following financial years, how many were placed in accommodation outside of your local authority area?
- for the households with children who left a placement in B&B/ hotel accommodation during each of the following financial years, what was the average time spent in B&B/hotel accommodation?
Our response
- 1,552 families with children
- Lambeth Council is committed to securing suitable temporary accommodation for homeless households where this is required under national legislation. Our aim is to provide accommodation within Lambeth wherever possible, but this is not always achievable. Support is provided to households placed outside of the local area, e.g. support to access GPs, health visitors, education and Children's Centres.
a. 2017/2018 1,061 families with children
b. 2018/2019 1,130 families with children
c. 2019/2020 1,258 families with children
d. 2020/2021 1,387 families with children
e. 2021/2022 1,618 families with children
- a. 2017/2018 1.4 months
b. 2018/2019 0 months
c. 2019/2020 0 months
d. 2020/2021 0 months
e. 2021/2022 0.5 months